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ON FREE VIEW DAY AND EVENING 
AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 

From Friday, April first, until the Morning of 
the Day of Sale, Inclusive (Sunday Excepted) 



the 

DOWDESWELL and 

DOWDESWELL 

AND 

BLAKESLEE COLLECTIONS 



SALE AT MENDELSSOHN HALL 

FORTIETH STREET, EAST OF BROADWAY 

ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS 
APRIL 7TH and 8th, 1904 

BEGINNING EACH EVENING PROMPTLY AT 8.3O O'CLOCK 



COELLO 




MARIE. LOUISE OF ORLEANS 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 

OF THE 

DOWDESWELL AND DOWDESWELL 

AND 

BLAKESLEE COLLECTIONS 

OF 

Valuable Paintings 

BY THE MASTERS OF THE 

EARLY ENGLISH, FRENCH, DUTCH 
AND OTHER SCHOOLS 

To be Sold at Absolute; Public Sale. 
ON THE EVENINGS- HEREIN-' STATED 

The Sale will be conducted by THOMAS E. KIRBY, of the 

AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers 

NEW YORK 

1904 



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APR 5 1904 

Entry 
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Copyright, 1904, by 
THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK. 

[All Rights Reserved.] 




CONDITIONS OF SALE 

1. The hiyhest Jiidder to be the Buyer, and if any dispute arise 
between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be im- 
mediately put up again und re-sold. 

2. The Auctioneer reserves the riyht to reject any bid which is 
merely a nominal or fractional advance, and therefore, in his 
judyment, likely to affect the Sale injuriously. 

3. The Purchasers to yive their names and addresses, and to 
pay down a cash deposit, or the -whole of the Purchase-money, if 
required, in default of which the Lot or Lots so purchased to be 
immediately put uj> ayain and re-sold. 

4. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer's Expense and Risk 
within twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the Sale, and the 
remainder of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or other- 
wise settled for to the satisfaction of the Auctioneer, on or before 
delivery; in default of which the undersigned will not hold them- 
selves responsible if the lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, 
but they will be left at the sole risk of the Purchaser. 

5. While the undersigned will not hold themselves responsible 
for the correctness of the description, genuineness, or authen- 
ticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and make no War- 
ranty whatever, they will, upon receiving previous to date of 
Sale trustworthy expert opinion in writing that any Painting 
or other Work of Art is not what it is represented to be, use 
every effort on their part to furnish proof to the contrary; fail- 
ing in which, the object or objects in question will be sold 
subject to the declaration of the aforesaid expert, he being 
liable to the Owner or Owners thereof, for damage or injury 
occasioned thereby. 

6. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the 
settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be re- 
moved during the Sale. 

7. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money 
deposited in part payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared 
within one day from conclusion of Sale shall be re-sold by public 
or private sale, without further notice, and the deficiency (if any) 
attending such re-sale shall l>e made good by the defaulter at 
this Sale, together with all charges attending the same. This Con- 
dition is without prejudice to the right of the Auctioneer to en- 
force the contract made at this Sale, without such re-sale, if he 
thinks fit. 

8. The undersigned are in no manner connected v)ith the 
business of the cartage or packing and shipping of purchases, and 
although they will afford to purchasers every facility for em- 
ploying ((ireful carriers and packers, they will not hold them- 
selves responsible for the acts and charges of the parties engaged 
for such services. 

The AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers 
THOMAS E. KIRBY, Auctioneer. 



PREFACE 

Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell of London, 
having decided to discontinue their branch establish- 
ment in New York, will sell publicly through the 
American Art Association a number of important 
pictures upon which they have paid a large amount 
for duties, and for other expenses incident to im- 
portation and which, for this reason, they prefer to 
dispose of in this country. At the same time Mr. 
T. J. Blakeslee, who has imported a large number 
of works of art during the past year, considers it 
advisable to reduce his extensive stock and has, 
therefore, joined Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell 
in the present sale. The joint collection comprises 
many excellent and some remarkable examples of 
pictures by the old masters of the English, French, 
Dutch and Italian schools, together with a number of 
modern paintings. The large proportion of works 
by eminent artists and the general high average of 
the pictures make this collection of conspicuous 
importance. 

In compiling this catalogue a difficulty, by no 
means unexpected, has been encountered in settling 
the authorship of a few of the paintings although the 
great majority of them have been absolutely identi- 



fiecl as the works of the masters to whom they are 

ascribed. It is well known that some of the famous 

artists of the past rarely signed their canvases and 

frequently there is a difference of opinion about 

pictures which are claimed to have been painted by 

certain men. The authenticity of such works can 

only be settled by records of origin in some cases, 

by the establishment of original ownership in others 

and by the testimony of experts. In this joint 

collection the attribution of authorship has been 

made in the manner above mentioned, and, in 

cases where the style or the method has not been 

recognized with a warrantable degree of certainty, 

the works have been simply ascribed to unknown 

artists of the school to which the pictures belong. 

The owners have full confidence that the quality 

of the paintings they offer for sale will meet with 

general commendation, and that the collection will 

be acknowledged to be exceptionally interesting in 

scope and variety. 

F. D. MILLET. 



ORDERS TO PURCHASE 

The undersigned have volunteered to receive and 
attend to orders to purchase at this sale: 

Messrs. M. Knoedler & Co., 355 Fifth Avenue. 

M. Durand-Ruel, 389 Fifth Avenue. 

Messrs. Cottier & Co., 3 East Thirty-fourth Street. 

Eugene Fischhof, New York & Paris. 

Messrs. Arthur Tooth & Sons, 299 Fifth Avenue. 

Messrs. Eugene Glaenzer & Co., 303 Fifth Avenue. 

Messrs. Scott & Fowles, 295 Fifth Avenue. 

L. Crist Delmonico, 166 Fifth Avenue. 

Julius Oehme, 384 Fifth Avenue. 

Messrs. E. Gimpel & Waldenstein, 250 Fifth Avenue. 



ARTISTS REPRESENTED AND THEIR 
WORKS 

SUBJECT CATALOG. 

ALCAZAR, J. 

The Model's Siesta 81 

BARKER, THOMAS (of Bath) 

The Cottage Door 73 

BEECHEY, SIR WILLIAM 

Portrait of Elizabeth Sackville, Countess 

Delawarr 54 

Miss Abernethy, Daughter of the Celebrated 

Dr. Abernethy 134 

A Game of Chess 154 

BEHAM, BARTHEL 

Portrait of a Nobleman 7 

BELLOTTO, BERNARDO 

View of the Grand Canal, Venice 23 

BELTRAFFIO, GIOVANNI (Ascribed to) 

Portrait i$3 



CATALOGUE 
ARTIST SUBJECT NUMBER 

BLANCHARD, JACQUES 

Venus and Adonis 7 1 

BOGERT, GEORGE H. 

Autumn Sunset 26 

Approaching Storm 133 

BONINGTON, RICHARD PARKES 

A Normandy Fishing Village 39 

Cathedral Interior 135 

BOSSCHE, VAN DEN 

In the Studio 28 

BURNE-JONES, SIR EDWARD 

Christ Sitting in Judgment 158 

CANAL, ANTONIO (Canaletto) 

Piazza San Marco, Venice 117 

CANALETTO 

View in Venice 1 

The Grand Canal, Venice 15 

The Doge's Palace, Venice 19 

Canal San Marco, Venice 58 

Canal Reggio, Venice 100 

View in Venice 143 



CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

CHALON, JOHN JAMES 

York Minster 43 

CHAMBERS, GEORGE 

Smugglers "Creeping for Gin " 45 

CLAYS, PAUL JEAN 

On the Scheldt 148 

COELLO, CLAUDIO 

Portrait of Marie Louise of Orleans 109 

CONSTABLE, JOHN 

Suffolk Landscape 104 

COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON 

Portrait of Brooks Watson, Esq., Lord Mayor 

of London 2 5 

COSWAY, RICHARD (Ascribed to) 

Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert 99 

COTES, FRANCIS 

Portrait of Mrs. Mary Kendall 32 

Portrait of Miss Hamilton 156 



CATALOGUE 
ARTIST SUBJECT NUMBER 

CROME, JOHN (Old Crome) 

Norwich Landscape 102 

English Landscape 115 

CUYP, AELBERT 

A Boy Holding Three Horses 92 

CUYP, AELBERT (Ascribed to) 

Marine 41 

DAHL, MICHAEL 

Portrait of a Lady 69 

DANCE, SIR NATHANIEL 

Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds 103 

DANLOUX, HENRY PIERRE 

Lady Playing a Harp 98 

DE BAEN, JAN 

Portrait of Bredchoff De Vick 138 

DE HAVEN, F. 

October Evening in 

DE HEEM, JAN 

Still Life 38 



CATALOGUB 
NUMBER 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

DE HONDECOETER, MELCHIOR 

Peacock and Poultry in a Park 1 29 

DE LARGILLIERE, NICOLAS 

Portrait of Prince Christain of Bavaria 118 

DEL GARBO, RAFFAELLINO 

Madonna, Child, St. Lawrence and St. John 

the Evangelist 151 

DEL SELLAJO, JACOBO 

The Virgin with the Infant and Saint John 1 1 6 

DEWING, THOMAS W. 

The Sorceress 9 1 

DOBSON, WILLIAM 

Portrait of a Soldier 50 

James Stanley, Earl of Derby 75 

DOLCI, CARLO 

Virgin and Sleeping Infant 68 

DUPONT, GAINSBOROUGH 

Portrait of Dr. Johnson 65 

DUYSTER, W. C. 

A Game of Tric-Trac 120 






SUBJECT 



ELLIS, E. 



Autumn Landscape 



CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



49 



FABRITIUS, KAREL 

The Advocate 



33 



FLEMISH SCHOOL (Early) 

Pieta 



84 



GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS 

The Market Cart 

GEROME, JEAN LEON 

The Call to Prayer 
The Minaret of the Moristan, Cairo 



62 



3i 
131 



GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON 

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott 



107 



GUARDI, FRANCESCO 

Portico of the Doge's Palace, Venice 30 

Street Scene, Venice 1 1 2 



HALS, FRANS 



A Cavalier 



97 



CATALOGUB 
ARTIST SUBJECT NUMBER 

HARLOW, GEORGE HENRY 

Portrait of Mrs. Graham and Child 18 

Portrait of Two Sisters 34 

Portrait of Mrs. W. Carrington 90 

The Finished Task 130 

HONE, NATHANIEL 

Portrait of Sir James Macdougal 47 

HOPPNER, JOHN 

Portrait of Miss Kelvin 108 

HOPPNER, JOHN (Ascribed to) 

Portrait of a Lady 149 

INSKIPP, JAMES 

Portrait of a Young Lady 29 

JACQUE, CHARLES EMILE 

The Close of Day 67 

JANSSENS, CORNELIS (Ascribed to) 

Portrait of a Boy 4 

JORDAENS, JACOB 

Bacchante i° 



CATALOGUE 
ARTIST SUBJECT NUMBER 

KAUFMANN, ANGELICA 

The Virgin and Infant 89 

KNELLER, SIR GODFREY 

Portrait of the Duke of Monmouth 24 

Portrait of a Lady and Child 5 2 

LANCRET (School of) 

Lady with Tambourine 146 

LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN 

Eager for the Fray 101 

LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS 

Portrait of Col. F. Mount joy Martin 6 

A Young Cricketer 86 

Portrait of Miss Wilson 113 

Portrait of Miss Storr 128 

LEFEBVRE, JULES 

The Morning Glory 57 

LEDOUX, MLLE. 

At the Window 5 1 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

LELY, SIR PETER 



CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



Portrait of Lady Whitmore 55 

Portrait of Catherine of Braganza 70 

Portrait of the Countess of Carlisle 105 

Portrait of the Countess of Falmouth 141 

LEPINE, S. 

River Scene 114 

LINTON, WILLIAM 

Italian Landscape 48 

LOIR, MLLE. MARIANNE 

Portrait of Marie Leczinska 40 

LORRAINE, CLAUDE 

A Classical Landscape 60 

MARTENS, WILLY 

At the Well n 9 

METTLING, L. 

A Young Burgher 22 

MICHEL, GEORGES 

Landscape 87 



CATALOGUE 
ARTIST SUBJECT NUMBER 

MIDDLETON, JAMES GODSELL 

A Willing Captive 72 

MOREELSE, PAULUS 

Portrait of the Princess of Nassau 61 

MORLAND, GEORGE 

The Watering Pool 1 1 

Donkey and Pigs 95 

MORETTO (Ascribed to) 

Portrait of an Italian Nobleman 7 7 

MUNKACSY, MIHALY 

French Landscape 9 

NOBLE, ROBERT 

Harvest Time 121 

NORTHCOTE, JAMES 

Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. 132 

OPIE, JOHN 

Portrait of a Young Girl 123 

PERRET, AIME 

The Harvester 82 






CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

PETERS, REV. MATTHEW WILLIAM 

The Laggard Schoolboy 79 

PIETERS, E. 

Domestic Cares 42 

POURBUS, FRANS (The Younger) 

Portrait of Duchess Gonzaga Di Mantua 144 

PYNE, JAMES B. 

Low Tide — English Channel, near Dover 140 

RAMSAY, ALLAN 

Portrait of George III 80 

Portrait of Queen Caroline 152 

RAOUX, JEAN 

Music 136 

REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA 

Portrait of Sir William Chambers, the 

Eminent Architect 13 

Portrait of Miss Morris 20 

Portrait of Miss Franks 127 

Portrait of Sir Walter Blackett 147 

RIBERA, JOSEF DE (Called Spagnoletto) 

Aaron and His Rod 155 



CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

RIB ERA (School of) 

Saint Bartholomew 35 

RICHET, LEON 

Landscape 145 

ROMNEY, GEORGE 

Portrait of Mr. James Fletcher 66 

Portrait of the Hon. James Sheldon 157 

RUSSELL, JOHN 

Scene in an Old Play 64 

SASSOFERRATO 

Madonna 27 

SCHUT, CORNELIS 

Vision of the Dying Virgin 142 

SHAW, JOSHUA 

Landscape 59 

SNYDERS, FRANZ, and HANNEMAN, ADRIAAN 
The Huntsmen's Return 161 

SUSTERMANS, JUSTUS 

Portrait of Princess Claudia De Medici 76 



CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

TENIERS, DAVID (The Elder) 

A Village Festival 124 

TER MEULEN 

Shepherd and Sheep 126 

THAULOW, FRITZ 

A River in France 1 6 

TOURNIERES, ROBERT L. 

Portrait of a Lady 85 

VAN COUVER, J. 

View of Dordrecht 3 

Town in Holland 3 7 

The Approach to the Town 125 

Environs of Dordrecht 159 

VAN DRIELST, EGBERT 

Landscape 93 

VANDYCK, SCHOOL OF 

Portrait of Frances Howard, Duchess of 

Richmond 160 

VAN EVERDINGEN 

Royal Hunting Lodge — The Hague 63 



CATALOGUE 
ARTIST SUBJECT NUMBER 

VAN GOYEN, JAN 

Landscape 139 

VAN LOO, CARLE 

Portrait of Princesse de Talleyrand 36 

VAN MIERIS, WILLIAM 

Portrait of a Nobleman 94 

VAN RAVESTYNE, JAN ANTHONISZ 

Portrait of Elizabeth Brandt 8 

Portrait of a Young Dutch Woman 46 

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia 53 

VAN RUYSDAEL, SALOMON 

Woody Landscape 1 2 

VAN STRY, JACOB 

Landscape and River 2 1 

VERSPRONCK, JAN 

Portrait of Mynheer Ten Eyck 14 

VON HONTHORST, GERARD 

A Cavalier 96 



CATALOGUE 
NUMBER 



ARTIST SUBJECT 

WALKER, J. HANSON 

The White Rose 2 

An English Maiden 83 

WATTS, FREDERICK W. 

The Lock 78 

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD 

The Palace of the Rajah 56 

WEST, BENJAMIN 

Innocence 44 

WESTALL, RICHARD 

Cupid in Distress 1 7 

WILSON, RICHARD 

View at Tivoli 5 

Italian Landscape no 

View near Tivoli 137 

Portrait of Himself 150 

WISSING, WILLEM 

Portrait of Lady Ossory 106 



_„_ _,„ CATALOGUE 

ARTIST SUBJECT NUM BER 

WITHERINGTON, WILLIAM F. 

Rural England 122 

ZOFFANY, JOHN 

Portrait of Miss Broughton, the Actress 88 



FIRST EVENINGS SALE 
THURSDAY, APRIL SEVENTH 
AT MENDELSSOHN HALL 

Fortieth Street, East ov Broadway 

BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT HALF PAST EIGHT 
O'CLOCK 



NOTE 

The paintings in this catalogue are the property of 
Messrs. Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell and Mr. T. J. 
Blakeslee of New York. The name of the owner is 
appended to the description of each picture. 

The parties in interest have empowered us to sell 
each and every picture without reservation of any 
kind. 

AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 

MANAGERS. 






CATALOGUE 

N o. J 

CANALETTO 

i 697- i 768 

View in Venice 

The upper part of the Grand Canal seen from the 
water midway between the banks. The twinkling 
surface of the canal which extends across the entire 
foreground is lively with gondole and sandoli with 
rowers and passengers, and on the left is the huge 
mass of a freight barge. On either side, the houses 
bordering the canal extend in perspective until they 
meet in the distance, the sunshine striking full on 
the fagades on the left and touching here and there 
the buildings on the right. A simple mass of clouds 
covers the lower part of the sky. 

Height, 16 inches; length, 24 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 2 

J. HANSON WALKER 

Contemporary 

The White Rose 

A sweet-faced young lady, her head gracefully 
poised in profile with a mass of wavy auburn hair 
brushed over her ears and gathered in a large knot 
behind, has fastened a large white rose to her dress 
over her left breast and the pale yellow petals con- 
trast with the soft white of her dress and the refined 
flesh color of her bosom. The head is in relief 
against a mass of foliage in the background, below 
which is seen a distant landscape. 

Height, 22 inches ; width, 18 inches. 

Signed at the left, J. H. Walker. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 3 

J. VAN COUVER 
Contemporary 

View of Dordrecht 

The populous water front of the quaint old town 
of Dordrecht stretches across the picture, and the 
red roofs and towers and masts of the vessels 
moored to the shore make an interesting skyline 
in diminishing perspective from the left foreground 
to the extreme distance, where a line of low build- 
ings, dominated by a windmill, forms the horizon. 
The sky is partly covered by masses of cumulous 
clouds strongly illuminated by sunlight, showing, 
near the horizon and at the zenith, small patches of 
blue. 

Height, 24 inches; length, 36 inches. 

Signed at the left, J. Van Couver. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 4 

ASCRIBED TO CORNELIS 
JANSSENS 

i 590-1664 

Portrait of a Boy 

A dark-eyed boy with long, wavy brown hair 
stands facing the spectator, slightly turned to the 
right. He is dressed in a ricli costume of the time 
of Charles I. with doublet of old gold satin, slashed 
at the sleeves and waist, showing red silk lining, 
broad falling lace collar and cuffs. A large tress of 
hair tied with a bow of cherry-colored ribbon falls 
over the near shoulder, and a hat trimmed with a 
white feather held in place by a red rosette and a 
jewelled agraffe lies on a table at his side. The left 
hand is raised to the side, and the right, which shows 
only in part, holds the bottom edge of the lace- 
trimmed doublet. A dull green curtain hangs be- 
hind the figure on the left. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 24 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N* 5 

RICHARD WILSON, R.A. 

1714-1782 

View at Tivoli 

A huge crag, surmounted by a castle, projects into 
the broad basin of a river, which winds among trees 
far into the distance. In the foreground, a peasant, 
accompanied by his small family, lies at full length 
fishing in the quiet water, which reflects the banks 
on either side and the warm tones of the heavens 
at the early moments of sunset. The sky is covered 
with thin clouds, warm and luminous near the 
horizon on the left, where a chain of sharp mountain 
peaks is in a broad effect of light and shade, softened 
by the haze of distance and the glow of the summer 
afternoon. 

Height, 28 inches ; length, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 6 

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P. R. A. 

i 769- i 8 30 

Portrait of Col. F. Mountjoy Martin 

The head and shoulders, in three-quarters view, 
of an alert, distinguished-looking young officer in 
full uniform with a red-lined military cloak held 
across his chest with his left hand and his head erect 
and turned over the left shoulder. The background 
is sky with deep-toned rolling clouds. The flesh is 
luminous and fresh in color, and the drawing and 
modelling of the head show the great power of ob- 
servation of the artist and his extraordinary skill in 
execution. 

Height, 28 inches; width, 25 inches. 

From the collection of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 
5 Grosvenor Sqr., London. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 






N°- 7 

BARTHEL BEHAM 

i 502-1 540 

Portrait of a Nobleman 

The head and shoulders of an elderly gentleman 
of a type familiar through the portraits of the early 
German masters. The earnest, solemn face with its 
wide open, placid blue eyes, is painted with char- 
acteristic simplicity and is convincing in its accuracy 
of drawing and construction. The background is a 
tone of pale blue, bringing into strong contrast the 
black cap, the mantle and the head with puffs of fair 
hair over the ears. 

Beham passed most of his life in Italy and painted 
a great many religious pictures there, most of which 
are in the museums of Germany, and was also emi- 
nent as a designer and engraver. 

Height, i6y 2 inches; width, 14 inches. 

From the collection of Madame Costanzo, Paris. 
From the collection of the Due d'Aumale. 
From Messrs. Lawrie, London. 
Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 8 

JAN ANTHONISZ VAN RAVESTYNE 

1572-1657 

Portrait of Elizabeth Brandt 

A sweet-faced woman, evidently the joy of a rich 
burgher's heart and the pride of his household. She 
wears a rich black gown with gold embroidered 
stomacher, a broad, delicately pleated ruff and a halo- 
like cap trimmed with rich point lace. She is seen 
to the waist only, and her face, which is in three- 
quarters view, has a suspicion of archness in the eyes, 
which look straight out of the picture. The back- 
ground is a simple tone of warm gray. 

Ravestyne was a pupil of Frans Hals and one of 
the ablest of the Dutch portrait painters. Two large 
and famous guild pictures by him are in the hall of 
the Company of Archers in the Hague. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 9 

MIHALY MUNKACSY 
i 846- 1 900 

French Landscape 

A simple motive chosen in the rural districts of 
France. In the foreground is a stream with low, 
sandy banks, where a peasant woman is kneeling and 
washing clothes. Beyond is a green meadow meet- 
ing a hillside and a great rank of rounded trees with 
dense foliage, and on the left in the distance is a bend 
of the river shimmering in the light from a cloud- 
covered sky. 

Munkacsy, who was born in Hungary, lived for 
many years in Paris, where he painted portraits, 
domestic subjects, historical pictures and, occasion- 
ally, landscapes. 

Height, 12 inches; length, 18 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° JO 

JACOB J ORD AENS 

i 593-1678 

Bacchante 

The life-size head and bust of a youthful Bacchante 
in a broad effect of light and shade. Her head is 
turned to the left but inclined to the right, and the 
eyes look straight at the spectator. Her flaxen hair 
falls loosely over her shoulders and a great wreath 
of grape vine leaves crowns her head. The flesh is 
rich and warm in color and is painted with a full 
brush. 

Jordaens was a fellow pupil of Rubens under 
Adam van Noost. 

Height, 21 inches; width, 18 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 






GEORGE MORLAN D 

i 763 -i 804 

The Watering Pool 

In a little dell under a great bank with overhang- 
ing trees, a farmer has brought two horses to drink 
in a little pool, riding one and leading another. On 
the left, over a hillock, is a glimpse of a soft sum- 
mer sky. The diffused light from the sun strikes 
the farmer and the horses, and the white horse in the 
foreground comes out in strong contrast with the 
surroundings. It is mellow in color, vigorous in 
the arrangement of light and shade and, like all 
of the artist's work, sympathetic in sentiment and 
skilful in arrangement. 

Height, 16 inches ; length, 20 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \2 

SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL 
i 605- 1 670 

Woody Landscape 

A group of sturdy oaks growing on the summit of 
a knoll is the dominating mass in the composition. 
On a path which winds over the hillock under the 
trees to the foreground are three figures, accom- 
panied by various dogs. The foremost figure wears 
a red surtout and carries a fishing rod, and one of 
the two which follow him is mounted on a dun- 
colored horse. The oaks and a shattered tree on 
the right of them are in sunlight and a broad shadow 
covers the foreground. On the left a sheet of water, 
broken by reeds, small islets and projecting points, 
stretches away to the distance where an irregular 
rank of trees meets the sky which is nearly covered 
by rolling clouds threatening a storm. 

The artist was the uncle of Jacob Ruysdael. 

Height, 1&/2 inches ; length, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 13 

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P. R. A. 
1723-1792 

Portrait of Sir William Chambers, the Eminent 
Architect 

The head, fully life size, of a young man in a broad 
effect of light and shade, in three-quarters' view, fac- 
ing the left and the eyes looking toward the spec- 
tator. He wears a rich brown coat with a high- 
collared red waistcoat, a white stock and a gray wig 
dressed in the fashion of the end of the eighteenth 
century. The background is a simple dark tone 
bringing the head out in strong relief. 

Height, 20 inches; width, 16 inches. 

From the collection of Sir W. R. Williams, Upcott, 
Barnstaple. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



J AN VERSPRONCK 
i 597-1662 

Portrait of Mynheer Ten Eyck 

A typical Dutch burgher, such as Frans Hals de- 
lighted to paint, with honest, open countenance and 
frank eyes. Strong light from the upper left side 
strikes the figure, throwing part of the ruddy, 
healthy-looking face into shadow and also the fingers 
of the left hand, which is held to the breast. He 
wears a large black hat, a black coat and a falling 
white muslin collar. The background is tone of mel- 
iow gray. 

Verspronck was a pupil of his father and of Frans 
Hals. He closely followed the methods of the latter 
artist and painted many successful guild pictures and 
portraits. 

From the collection of Humphry Ward, Esq., 
London. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 









N°- 15 

CANALETTO 

i 697- i 768 

The Grand Canal, Venice 

From the south side of the canal near the Aca- 
demia the view extends eastward to the entrance, 
where on the right are the dome of the Salute and the 
Custom House and in the horizon the Royal palace, 
the Ducal palace and the Campanile. In the fore- 
ground is a bridge over a narrow canal leading to 
a corner quay with figures scattered over its wide 
area, and in the left across the canal, which is lively 
with boats, is a row of palaces and houses in full sun- 
light, showing facades with an interesting variety of 
architectural treatment and of color. The sky is 
simple with a few luminous clouds. 

Height, 28 inches; length, 44 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



FRITZ TH AULOW 

Contemporary 

A River in France 

A favorite motive of the artist. A rippling stream 
sweeps down to the foreground, reflecting the sky, 
the garden wall and overhanging trees with their 
rich autumn foliage and the low bank of a vegetable 
patch on the other side. In the distance a great hill, 
covered with russet-colored turf with here and there 
a patch of sand and a narrow path winding up the 
slope, rises against the cloud-covered sky. A 
laborer is at work among the cabbages and a flock of 
crows hover above. 

Signed at the left, Fritz Thaulow. 

Height, 26 inches; length, 32 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 






N°- 17 

RICHARD WESTALL, R. A. 

1765-1836 

Cupid in Distress 

The God of Love has strayed into a forest and, 
perched on a rough boulder, seeks shelter from a 
tempest under a small tree. With his arms folded 
on his breast and his wings drooping, he shivers in 
the chilly blast, rolling up his eyes in anxiety and 
pain. His discarded bow and quiver are on the rock 
near by. In the background is suggested a tempest 
with flashes of lightning and a vicious gale lashing 
the trees. 

Westall occupied for a time the same house with 
Sir Thomas Lawrence and was one of the first to 
practise painting in water color. He was also well 
known as an illustrator. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- J 8 

GEORGE HENRY HARLOW 

1737-1819 

Portrait of Mrs. Graham and Child 

The mother, who is standing outside the house, 
rests her left elbow on the window-sill and holds in 
both arms a sturdy, curly-haired youngster in a white 
dress. He steadies himself by grasping his mother's 
index finger with one hand and clutching one of the 
tresses of her hair with the other. The light comes 
from behind and above, and the heads are relieved 
against a simple, light sky. The face of the mother, 
framed in masses of dark hair, is all in shadow and is 
very delicate and luminous in color. All the con- 
trasts of light and shade are subtle and unusual. 

Height, 36 inches; width, 28 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \ 9 

CANALETTO 

i 697- i 768 

The Doge's Palace, Venice 

In the left foreground is the famous palace, in the 

full light of the morning sun, and on the right is a 

vista along the Riva dei Schiavoni. Here and there 

a gondola is moored to the quay, and loungers are 

gathered around the base of the St. Mark's column, 

which is crowned by the winged lion. The strong 

sunlight brings out the architectural details of the 

buildings, which the artist represents with faultless 

skill. 

Height, 21 inches; width, 17 inches. 

From the Battle Abbey Collection of the fourth 
Duke of Cleveland. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 20 

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P. R. A. 

1723-1792 

Portrait of Miss Morris 

The head and bust of a comely young lady, simply 
dressed in a low-cut frock of olive material with a 
narrow band of black and a lace ruffle around the 
neck. She has a pale blue ribbon around her throat, 
a feather and a bow fastened by a jewelled agrafe in 
her plain coiffure. The head is in almost full face, 
slightly inclined toward the right shoulder, and the 
expression is sweetly modest and innocent. The 
color of the flesh is subtle and refined and the back- 
ground is a simple tone of mellow green. 

Height, 26J/2 inches; width, 20^4 inches. 

This portrait was in the collection of the late 
Reverend H. Randall; also in the possession of A. H. 
Biederman, Esq., both of London, and is spoken of 
in Algernon Graves' " Life and Works of Reynolds " 
as having been painted about 1760. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 






SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS 




PORTRAIT OF MISS "MORRIS. 



N°- 21 

JACOB VAN STRY 
1756-1815 

Landscape and River 

This picture shows how thoroughly the artist 
studied the painters of the previous century, partic- 
ularly Cuyp, whose influence is strongly felt in Van 
Stry's best works. It is a scene on one of the estu- 
aries in the Netherlands. In the left foreground on 
a sunlit bank are four cows and, nearby, a peasant 
man and woman are seated on the grass, each with a 
market basket. On the tranquil water, in the middle 
distance, is a group of bluff-bowed boats with idly 
hanging sails, and in the far horizon a windmill and 
the imposing mass of a church with square tower rise 
above the trees. The sky, which occupies nearly 
three-quarters of the picture, glows with the soft light 
of the morning sun, which defines the edges of great 
cloud forms. 

Signed at the left, J. Van Stry. 

Height, 2iy 2 inches; length, 31 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 22 
L. METTLING 

Contemporary 

A Young Burgher 

A life-size, nearly half-length portrait of a youth 
in a seventeenth century costume, with closely fitting 
deep ruff and black doublet with dull red sleeves. 
The head, which is in three-quarters view, turned to 
the right, is strongly lighted from above. The close- 
cropped hair suggests a round-head type, and the 
eyes look toward the spectator with a half humorous 
expression. The left hand, which is in modified 
tones of light and shadow, rests on a large book with 
the index finger between the leaves. An oval copper 
locket hangs on the breast by a narrow blue ribbon 
around the neck. 

Mettling is a consistent and successful follower of 
the school of the Netherlands and is particularly 
esteemed as a colorist. He has lived for many years 
in Paris. 

Signed at the left, L. Mettling. 

Height, 32 inches ; width, 24 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 23 

BERNARDO BELLOTTO 

i 724- i 780 

View of the Grand Canal, Venice 

On the left the houses bordering the famous water- 
way extend in a perspective line to the point where 
they disappear behind a tall building which stands at 
the end of a quay in the right foreground. Along 
this part of the waterfront are moored numerous 
gondole, some of them about to take passengers 
across the canal, and other boats ply to and fro. The 
sunlight strikes full on the gray, accenting here and 
there the houses in the long row on the far side of 
the canal and enlivening the shadows with luminous 
reflections. 

Bellotto was a nephew of Canaletto, and, after 
studying with him, he took his name, by which he 
was afterwards called. 

Height, 24 inches ; length, 38 inches. 

From the collection of Lady Wetherall. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 24 

SIR GODFREY KNELLER 

1646- 1723 

Portrait of the Duke of Monmouth 

A three-quarter length of the young nobleman, 
under life size, standing with his left hand on his hip 
and touching with his extended right a wooden 
post. He is dressed in a costume of blue velvet, 
with red stockings, and holds a black cocked hat 
under his left arm. The face, which is in three- 
quarters view, is framed by masses of light brown 
hair, brushed back from the forehead, covering the 
ears and falling upon the shoulders. In the back- 
ground is a landscape with a large expanse of sky, 
and low down on the right is seen a man in the dis- 
tance, and an attendant holding a horse. The influ- 
ence of Vandyke is seen in many parts of the picture, 
particularly in the character of the left hand. The 
color is deep and rich arid the general tone reserved 
and harmonious. 

Height, 43 inches; width, 33 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



J OHH SINGLETON COPLEY, 




BROOKS WATSON, 
LjOR-D !MLA."Y~0 JR. OF LONDON. 



N°- 25 

JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, R.A. 
1737-1815 

Portrait of Brooks Watson, Esq., Lord Mayor 
of London 

Seated in a sumptuously upholstered and carved 
armchair in an attitude of dignified ease is a gentle- 
man in the prime of life, wearing a court wig, and 
dressed in a black coat with fine lace jabot and 
ruffles, and a rich official robe with black velvet 
revers and silk pompons. Around his neck, looped 
up at his breast, is a heavy triple gold chain, and in 
the background stands the superb, two-handed sword 
with jewelled scabbard, the two famous insignia of 
the Mayor's high position. His head is in three- 
quarters view, turned to the right; his right arm 
hangs idly down and the left hand rests on the chair 
arm. The official fur-trimmed cap lies on the table 
by the sword hilt, and in the upper part of the picture 
a red curtain is draped in ample folds showing a wall 

of wooden panelling. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

From the collection of Walter Howard, Esq., 
Weybridge, England. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 26 
GEORGE H. BOGERT 

Autumn Sunset 

A landscape of a simple nature in line, mass and 
color. A narrow stream leads into the middle dis- 
tance, and on either side of the foreground are 
groups of trees with rising ground beyond. At the 
horizon are gathered warm, luminous clouds, which 
send a harmonizing glow over the whole picture. 
The new moon appears in the sky on the left. The 
season and the hour are admirably suggested. 

Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 27 

SASSOFERRATO 

1605-1685 

Madonna 

A sweet and refined type of womanhood, her ex- 
pression full of charm and her attitude full of grace. 
She stands with her hands folded on her bosom,> 
with her head inclined and her eyes turned down- 
ward. Over her rich red robe an ample mantle of 
deep blue is thrown around the hips, the right arm 
and both shoulders. The hair, which is braided at 
the back, is confined by a pink fillet. The figure 
is strongly lighted from the upper left and the 
background is a mellow tone of brown, lighter 
around the head than elsewhere. The color of the 
flesh is quiet and refined, the draperies are rich and 
strong and the picture is exceedingly decorative in 
aspect. 

The real name of the artist was Giovanni Batista 
Salvi, but he was called from the place he was born, 
the Castle of Sassoferrato, near Urbino. 

Height, 34 inches; width, 26 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 28 

VAN DEN BOSSCH E 
1681-1715 

In the Studio 

A number of artists and art students are assembled 
around a large statue of Hercules standing on a mod- 
erately high pedestal. A youth seated on the floor 
is diligently drawing on a sheet of blue paper spread 
on a portfolio which rests on his knees, and behind 
him sits the instructor apparently explaining some 
principle of the art of drawing from the cast. Other 
incidents are illustrated in the group, and the scene 
is full of interest. The figures are strongly painted, 
with the full richness of color characteristic of the 
Fleming who achieved such great success as a genre 
and portrait painter. 

Height, 25 inches ; width, 24 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 29 
JAMES INSKIPP 

i 790- i 868 

Portrait of a Young Lady 

A half-length standing figure of a young lady in 
walking costume, with black, fur-trimmed pelisse and 
muff, and a broad-brimmed, black felt hat with white 
feather. The body is nearly in profile and the head 
gracefully inclined as she looks toward the spectator 
with a fascinating, half-roguish expression. The 
figure is placed well on the right of the canvas, and 
in the background is a simple landscape with low 
horizon and a broad sky filled with clouds. 

Inskipp was well known as a painter of domestic 
genre and for his published " Studies of Heads from 
Nature." 

Height, 36 inches; width, 28 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 30 

FRANCESCO GUARDI 

1712-1793 

Portico of the Doge's Palace, Venice 

The sun has passed the meridian and streams in 
upon the pavement under the graceful colonnade 
which supports the palace on two sides, accenting 
the columns and sending a flood of reflections into 
the lofty groined ceiling. Numerous figures are 
seen under the portico and also on the sunlit quay 
beyond, and the gothic arches on the four sides frame 
charming little views of the water with boats and 
buildings and a sunny sky. 

Guardi was a pupil of Canaletto and his architect- 
ural pictures are painted with great accuracy and 
attention to detail, but with more freedom of treat- 
ment than his master employed. 

Height, 24 inches ; width, 17 inches. 

From the collection of the Baron Wiederhofer, 
Court Physician to the Emperor of Austria. 
Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 31 

JEAN LEON GEROME 
i 824-1903 

The Call to Prayer 

On the farther side of a sunlit square in Cairo, 
deserted except for a stray dog, a camel and two 
natives who squat in the shadow of a bazaar on the 
right, stands a tall and graceful minaret, rising 
against the deep blue sky far above the adjoining 
buildings. On the shadow side of the balcony of 
the minaret the muezzin is about to shout the 
familiar summons to the faithful. Farther away in 
brilliant sunlight are two other minarets on either 
side of the great dome of a mosque. It is an accu- 
rate representation of the scene and of the hour of 
the day. 

Signed at the middle right, J. L. G£rome. 

Height, 26 inches; width, 18 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 32 

FRANCIS COTES, R. A. 

1726-1770 

Portrait of Mrs. Mary Kendall 

The head and shoulders of a dignified young lady 
dressed in a low-cut white satin gown with full sleeves 
and a blue silk wrap over her shoulders and left arm. 
The face is nearly in full view and the hair, which 
is dressed moderately high, falls in large curls on 
either side of her neck. The flesh is delicate and 
luminous in color, is painted with simplicity and the 
portrait has great distinction of tone. 

Height, 29 inches; width, 24 inches. 



Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 33 

K ARE L FABRITI US 
i 624- i 654 

The Advocate 

A half-length figure of a young man standing in 
front of a table, resting his clasped hands on a closed 
book. He faces the spectator, but the body is 
turned a little to the right. The costume is simple 
and consists of a wide-sleeved olive green coat over a 
wine-colored jacket with a collar of soft white linen 
and a dull red cloak with short cords and tassels, 
which hangs from the shoulders. The head, which 
is framed in a mass of light brown wavy hair, is 
strongly illuminated from the upper left, and half of 
the face is in shadow. The background is a simple 
mellow tone of dark green. 

The artist, who was a pupil of Rembrandt, was the 
master of Jan van der Meer of Delft. 

Height, 34 inches; width, 27 inches. 

From the collection of Humphry Ward, Esq., 
London. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 34 

GEORGE HENRY HARLOW 

1787-1819 

Portrait of Two Sisters 

Two comely English girls not far apart in years, 
one seated, the other standing by her side and clasp- 
ing her around the shoulder with the left arm. Both 
are dressed in low-cut, short-waisted muslin dresses, 
and each has a broad ribbon scarf draped over the 
right arm. The heads, which are fresh in color and 
charming in expression, are both turned slightly to- 
ward the left shoulder. The background is a deep- 
toned landscape with low horizon. The style of the 
picture suggests Sir Thomas Lawrence, with whom 
Harlow studied for some time. He painted a num- 
ber of important historical subjects besides diligently 
working at portraiture and was successful in both 
branches of his art. 

Height, 44 inches ; width, 35 inches. 

From the collection of Sir Hugh Adair. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 35 
SCHOOL OF RIBERA 

Saint Bartholomew 

The saint with sparse hair and long flowing gray 
beard is seated holding on his knees a large open 
book, the leaves of which he is turning with his left 
hand. He leans on his left elbow and looks over his 
right shoulder, gazing fixedly at a trumpet which is 
held by some invisible angel. The arms and body 
are draped in a red robe or mantle of heavy material, 
and a skull lies on the table near by. The figure is 
strongly lighted from the upper left side, bringing 
the head into high relief against a simple-toned gray 
background. 

Height, 37 l / 2 inches; length, 41 y 2 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 36 

CARLE VAN LOO 
1705-1765 

Portrait of Princesse de Talleyrand 

A tall and stately lady at the most attractive time 
of life is seated in full front view with her head turned 
and inclined to the left and her eyes looking still 
farther away. Her right elbow rests on a mahogany 
table with ormolu mounts, and in her extended 
left hand she holds a small miniature with a narrow 
blue ribbon. She is dressed in a gray silk gown, 
which is crossed in folds over the bust, showing deli- 
cate lace at the bosom. A rich blue silk mantle is 
draped from her right hip around the back and over 
the left arm, a blue sash confines the dress to the 
waist and a diaphanous veil bound to the high coif- 
fure by a blue ribbon falls over the right shoulder 
and arm. The background is a simple dark tone 
with a deep, wine-colored curtain on the left. 

Van Loo was both painter and sculptor, and prac- 
tised his profession successfully in Italy and France. 
Height, 48^2 inches ; width, ^6}i inches. 

From Monsieur C. Sedelmeyer, Paris. 

Owned bv Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswdl. 



CARLE VAN LOO 




LA PRIHCESSE DE TALLEYRAND. 



N°- 37 

J. VAN COUVER 
Contemporary 

Town in Holland 

From the foreground on the left the muddy bank 
of a broad canal sweeps around to a low point, where 
the roofs of a large town form a broken sky line, in- 
terrupted by two windmills and the masts of boats 
moored along the shore. On the right, in the dis- 
tance, across the quiet expanse of water, a line of 
low buildings is seen on the horizon. The sky is 
covered w T ith soft summer clouds lazily drifting along 
and showing here and there spots of blue. The 
moist atmosphere of Holland is excellently rendered 
and the effect is agreeably realistic. 

Signed at the left, J. Van Couver. 

Height, 25 inches ; length, 43 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 38 

JAN DE HEEM 
i 600- i 674 

Still Life 

On a large table are displayed a white porcelain 
dish of grapes and apples, a lobster, a vase of flowers, 
a silver patera with peaches, grapes and cherries, a 
tall beaker and various glass objects, a collection of 
accessories which the artist painted with loving care 
and consummate skill. A parrot perches in a ring 
above the flowers and various birds fly about. The 
rich colors of the fruit and flowers, the sheen and 
glitter of the metal and the glass, and the strong 
effect of light combine to make the composition in- 
teresting in detail and decorative in mass. 

There was a family by the name of de Heem, sev- 
eral of whom excelled in painting still life. Jan 
Davidsz de Heem was the son of David de Heem, a 
cousin of Jan and David Davidsz and the father of 

Cornelis. 

Height, 36 inches; length, 48 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 39 

RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON 
1801-1828 

A Normandy Fishing Village 

On a broad, sandy beach in the foreground a large 
party of fisherfolk are gathered around a few small 
vessels which have just come ashore with their catch. 
Heaps of great, shining flat-fish lie on the sand or are 
being stowed away in baskets and panniers, and the 
scene is full of life, movement and rich color. Be- 
yond is a line of quaint houses on the water front and 
the shimmering expanse of the sea with a single sail- 
ing craft appearing ghostlike in the embracing haze 
and glow of the atmosphere. The sun, which is hid- 
den behind the sail of one of the boats, throws over 
the veil of soft clouds which covers the sky a broad, 
warm flood of light. 

Height, 32 inches ; length, 47 inches. 

From the collection of Sir Thos. Gibson Car- 
michael. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 40 
MLLE. MARIANNE LOIR 

Born in Paris in the early part of the Eighteenth 
Century- 
Portrait of Marie Leczinska 

The famous beauty is seated on a fauteuil, her left 
arm resting on an open book lying on a gilded table, 
her right reposing idly in her lap and her head turned 
over her right shoulder as if to greet a visitor. She 
is dressed in a loose and ample gown of red velvet 
trimmed with fur, with ribbon bows at elbows and 
bosom, rich and full lace undersleeves and fichu, and 
a lace cap, a column and a pilaster showing above. 
The flesh is delicate and fresh in color, the general 
tone rich and agreeable and the treatment facile and 
direct. 

Marie Leczinska was the wife of Louis XV. of 
France. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 41 

ASCRIBED TO AELBERT CUYP 

1 605- 1 69 1 

Marine 

A group of Dutch fishing boats illuminated by the 
warm glow of a late afternoon sun idly drifts on a 
calm sheet of water, every line reflected in the mirror- 
like surface. In the foreground a row-boat with two 
oarsmen and four passengers is moving across in the 
direction of the sunset, and in the distance is seen a 
point of land with trees, houses and a church spire, 
and just beyond it a sailing vessel, where the sea 
horizon loses itself in the glowing haze of summer. 
The sky is nearly covered by masses of cumulous 
clouds, and numerous seagulls soar high in the warm 
air. 

Height, 40 inches; width, 32 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 42 
E. PIETERS 

Contemporary- 
Domestic Cares 

In a simple, cozy Dutch kitchen the frugal vrouw 
is carefully tending her only geranium, which she is 
watering from a glazed teapot, while her youngest 
child, sitting at the table, watches the operation with 
interest. Another little girl is absorbed in the task 
of dressing her doll which she holds in her lap. The 
group is lighted from a lattice window on the right, 
and the effect is realistic and convincing in its ac- 
curacy. The treatment is rugged and virile, and the 
color strong and at the same time full of subtle con- 
trasts. 

Signed at the left, E. Pieters. 

Height, 42 inches ; width, 34 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



E .FIE TERS. 




DONEES TIC CARES. 



N°- 43 

JOHN JAMES CHALON 

1778-1854 

York Minster 

The graceful and stately pile of the great cathedral, 
with its towers, its pinnacles, its roofs and its chapter 
house is the prominent feature of the composition 
and is an accurate study of the edifice in the early 
part of last century. A canal bordered by a broad 
towpath sweeps around to the foreground, its quiet 
waters reflecting the simple sky and the trees and 
buildings near the cathedral. The sun, which is low 
in the heavens, illuminates the towers, brings out 
the details of the construction and strikes the fore- 
ground, where a pair of horses stand on the towpath. 
Height, 36 inches; length, 48 inches. 

Bought from the Carlton Galleries, London. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 






N°- 44 

BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A. 

1738-1820 

Innocence 

A maiden, draped below the bust in an ample 
mantle of thin, white material, is seated on a grassy 
bank under low-growing boughs. She clasps to her 
bosom a fluttering white dove, and inclines her head 
as if to shelter and to quiet it, turning her large, 
brown eyes toward the spectator. A blue and white 
scarf falls over her back and across her arms, and 
her dark brown hair is confined by a double fillet of 
narrow red ribbon. A rich flood of light from 
the right strikes the figure, bringing it into strong 
contrast against the foliage behind it and the deep- 
toned sky and distant landscape. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 33 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 45 

GEORGE CHAMBERS 

i 803- j 840 

Smugglers " Creeping for Gin " 

Tossing in the rough water off a harbor's mouth 
are several boats engaged in hauling aboard small 
casks of smuggled spirits which, attached to a line, 
have been sunk and buoyed by a brig which is seen 
scurrying away in the distance. There is burst of 
sunlight through the gathering clouds in the sky 
and dark shadows sweep across the water. The boat 
in the foreground is rilled with people, and their cos- 
tumes give vivid notes of color in agreeable contrast 
to the surroundings. 

Signed at the left, G. Chambers, 1834. 

Height, 34^2 inches; length, 51^ inches. 

From the collection of Sir William Tite. 
From the collection of A. H. Hollingsworth, Esq., 
proprietor and editor of " Engineering," London. 
Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 46 

JAN VAN RAVESTYNE 
1572-1657 

Portrait of a Young Dutch Woman 

Notwithstanding her formal costume, the young 
Dutch vrouw has a cheery, comfortable expression 
as she sits at a table holding a gold trinket and chain 
in her hands. She wears a black silk dress with stiff 
and straight stomacher, an enormous ruff, lace cap 
and cuffs, and her face is in three-quarters view, 
turned to the left and lighted from the right. The 
background is a simple tone of warm gray, and in 
the upper left corner is an escutcheon in red and 
yellow. 

Dated at the upper left, 1639. 

Height, 36 inches ; width, 28 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 47 

NATHANIEL HONE, R.A. 

i 71 8-1784 

Portrait of Sir James Macdougal 

The head and shoulders of a gentleman of unmis- 
takable Scotch type, the face in three-quarters view 
turned to the left and slightly inclined toward the 
right shoulder. He is dressed in an olive-green coat 
with high collar, a white silk waistcoat and linen 
stock, and the background is a mellow tone of dark 
olive. The head is vigorously painted, is full and 
rich in color, and the expression, which is agreeable 
and characteristic, is sympathetically rendered. 

Hone attained a great reputation for painting in 
oil, as well as in miniature and enamel, and was one 
of the foundation members of the Royal Academy. 
Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 48 

WILLIAM LINTON 

i 79 i- i 876 

Italian Landscape 

Resting on a low bank under tall trees at the 
shore of a lake are several peasant youths and 
maidens, listening to the music of a pipe played by 
a young goat-herd who sits on a rock under the 
trees opposite them. Behind him are two white 
goats. The sunshine falls full upon the foreground, 
throwing into relief the figures and the tree trunks 
and sparkling on the wavelets near the shore. Across 
the lake is a range of partly wooded hills, one of 
them crowned by a temple-like edifice, and in the far 
distance a mountain peak looms high against the 
mellow-toned sky. 

Linton travelled a great deal in Italy and Greece, 
and from those countries drew the motives of most 
of his landscapes. 

Signed at the right, W. Linton. 

Height, 32 inches; length, 48 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 49 
E. ELLIS 

Contemporary 

Autumn Landscape 

It is a breezy October day and the sky is full of 
wind clouds; the sunlight flashes out at intervals and 
shadows race across the landscape. In the middle 
distance a rugged hillside projects into a plain, part 
of which is waste ground and part a great, freshly- 
ploughed field. This extends over the whole fore- 
ground, and at the foot of the hill are ancient and 
majestic oak trees in autumn foliage. The smoke 
from a fire of brushwood at the farther end of the 
field drifts away in a long, feathery cloud, and in the 
immediate foreground is a small pool surrounded by 
tall weeds and grasses. 

Signed at the left, E. Ellis. 

Height, 36 inches ; length, 60 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 50 

WILLIAM DOBSON 
1610-1646 

Portrait of a Soldier 

A cavalier of Cromwell's time, half-length, with 
one gauntleted hand resting on his right hip and the 
other on a staff. He wears an engraved steel corselet 
over a buff jacket and elbow sleeves, showing full 
white shirt-sleeves below and a fan-shaped lace jabot. 
The head, with masses of dark hair falling upon the 
shoulders, is in three-quarters view, and the face is 
strongly lighted, vigorously modelled and rich in 
color. The type is a serious and refined one, and the 
young gentleman was evidently of high birth. 

Height, 42 inches; width, 30 inches. 

From the collection of A. Whitcombe, Esq., Chel- 
tenham, England. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 51 

MLLE. LEDOUX 
1760-1815 

At the Window 

A graceful young lady has parted the red curtains 
of a large window and is throwing a kiss to an ad- 
mirer, from whom she has just received a bouquet 
which she holds in her left hand. She is dressed in 
a loose, flowing, low-cut robe of thin, white material, 
with bodice and skirt of black fastened at the waist 
with a blue bow and wears a single rose in her fair 
hair. The figure is strongly lighted from the upper 
left, and the flesh and drapery are in vigorous contrast 
against the red curtains and the deep-toned interior 
of the room behind her. 

Mile. Ledoux was a friend and pupil of the eminent 
French painter Greuze. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 52 

SIR GODFREY KNELLER 

i 646- i 72 3 

Portrait of a Lady and Child 

The mother is seated with her left arm around her 
small, flaxen-haired daughter, who stands at her knee 
fondling a King Charles spaniel, a much petted lap 
dog. The negligee costume of the lady consists of 
a loose red gown with elbow sleeves and low neck, 
and a wrap of blue silk thrown over the left shoulder 
and under the right arm, which rests on the chair. 
A white undergarment shows a frill around the neck 
and across the bust, and hangs full at the elbows. 
Both heads are in three-quarters view, the one turned 
to the right and the other to the left. The maternal 
dignity of the mother and the youthful charm of the 
child are well expressed and the painting is simple 
and direct. 

Height, 45 inches; width, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 53 

JAN VAN RAVESTYNE 
1572-1657 

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia 

A half-length figure of the dignified and handsome 
young queen whose charms have been the theme of 
many a writer, and have inspired many an artist. 
She is dressed in a rich black velvet gown over an 
enormous farthingale, with slashed and puffed 
sleeves, broad ruff and cuffs trimmed with rich lace 
picked out with red, and wears a profusion of gold 
chains and jewels. The background is a red curtain 
pulled aside to show a palace interior. The flesh is 
rich and warm in color, and the whole picture is dis- 
tinguished in tone and simple and direct in treat- 
ment. 

Height, 41 inches; width, 31^ inches. 

From the collection of Count Marescalchi. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 54 

SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, R.A. 
1753-1839 

Portrait of Elizabeth Sackville, Countess Delawarr 

This is a three-quarters length standing figure of a 
lady of high-bred English type, leaning gracefully on 
the plinth of a marble column, the long, taper fingers 
of her left hand resting on the wrist of her right. 
She is dressed in a low-cut, short-waisted, black vel- 
vet dress trimmed with lace at the neck and with 
loosely flowing sleeves of white tulle. A broad, 
blue silk scarf is draped around her hips and under 
her right elbow. She wears a wedding ring, jew- 
elled bracelets, belt buckle and earrings and a heavy 
gold chain around her neck. Her head, which is 
in three-quarters view, turned and slightly inclined 
to the right, is in strong relief against a rich red cur- 
tain which is looped up to disclose a park vista below. 
Beechey was the portrait painter to Queen Charlotte. 

Signed at the left, " W. B. 1822." 

Height, 56^ inches; width, 44 inches. 

Purchased from the present Earl Delawarr. 
Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY R..A. 




ELIZABETH SACKVILLE, COUNTESS DELAWARR 



N°- 55 

SIR PETER LELY 
1618-1680 

Portrait of Lady Whitmore 

She is represented walking in a wooded park, the 
figure seen nearly in profile, the right hand ex- 
tended, the left holding back her drapery and the 
head turned over the left shoulder. She is dressed 
in a loose, soft brown silk gown looped high on the 
arm showing a full white undersleeve, and a gold- 
spotted scarf falls in graceful curves from her 
shoulders. She carries 'her head with the air of a 
lady accustomed to homage and the aristocratic type 
is faithfully rendered. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 56 

EDWIN LORD WEEKS 

i 849- i 904 

The Palace of the Rajah 

A royal traveller and his attendant have stopped 
before the Rajah's palace to talk with one of his staff. 
The attendant has dismounted, and holds his horse, 
awaiting his master's orders. On a low bench in the 
left foreground a native plays with a young tiger, 
who shows no great signs of being pleased with the 
sport. A balcony projects overhead, and in the upper 
right is a view of the deep blue sky. 

Edwin Lord Weeks, whose death occurred during 
this present year, was at his best in just such themes 
as the one here described. A great many years of 
his professional life he spent among the people of 
India, Egypt and Syria. 

Height, 38 inches ; width, 28 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 






N°- 57 

JULES LEFEBVRE 

Contemporary 

The Morning Glory 

A maiden partly draped in a diaphanous tunic is 
standing in a wheat field with a freshly-gathered 
bunch of daisies and other field flowers in her ex- 
tended left hand, arranging morning glories on her 
hair. The figure is three-quarters length, and the 
refined tones of the flesh and drapery are in subtle 
contrast against the iridescent colors of an early 
morning sky. The expression of the face is uncon- 
scious and innocent, and the figure is full of the charm 
of youthful grace. 

Signed at the right, Jules Lefebvke. 

From the collection of M. Knoedler & Co., sold 
April, 1893; Catalogue No. 383. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



CANALETTO 

i 697- 1 768 

Canal San Marco, Venice 

An extensive view of the broad expanse of water 
from near the public gardens to the entrances of the 
Grand Canal and the Giudecca. In the distance are 
seen the churches of San Georgio and the Salute, 
the Campanile and the domes of Saint Mark's rising 
above the long flat roof of the Ducal Palace, and the 
houses in the Riva Schiavone. In t'he foreground is 
a broad, populous quay, and the water is covered 
with a large variety of craft of different nationalities 
and every imaginable build, from the tiny sandolo 
to the galley and the high-sterned three-master. It 
is an interesting record of the time, and the realism 
of the treatment is enhanced by a broad effect of sun- 
light. 

Height, 28 inches; length, 44 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 59 

JOSHUA SHAW 

1776-1835 

Landscape 

'A wide stretch of populous English farming 
country with a view across the flanks of great hills to 
a distant horizon where a plateau meets the sky. 
A woman riding a donkey with panniers and holding 
a child pauses to talk with a young lad in the fore- 
ground, which is flooded with sunlight from a rift in 
the clouds, and across a wooded valley the summit of 
the nearest hill is also strongly illuminated, while 
the rest of the landscape is in shadow. Great 
masses of low rolling clouds threaten summer 
showers, and rain is trailing across a distant hill-top. 

Shaw was born in England, but emigrated to 
America, where he died. He was very familiar with 
the works of the landscape painters of his time and his 
work shows careful training in that school. 

Height, 3Sy 2 inches; length, 52 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 60 

CLAUDE LORRAINE 

1600-1682 

A Classical Landscape 

In the foreground, which is mostly in shadow, a 
herdsman tending a few cows, who drink in a pool 
nearby, sits on a bank and plays the pipe to a young 
shepherdess, who stands in front of him. On the 
right a tall tree with rich foliage covers a part of the 
sky, and on the left is a great clump of rounded trees 
with a small plateau and cliffs behind. Between the 
masses of foliage on either side is a wide vista over 3 
pleasant country, with a range of distant hills in the 
glow of late afternoon. The composition is dis- 
tinguished in style, the color is rich and at the same 
time reserved, and the atmospheric effect is conspic- 
uously well rendered. 

Height, 39 inches ; length, 53 inches. 

From the collection of A. Arnold Hannay, Esq., 
London. 

From the collection of Walter Howard, Esq., Wey- 
bridge, Surrey, England. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 61 

PAULUS MOREELSE 

1571-1638 

Portrait of the Princess of Nassau 

The handsome, fair-haired princess stands in an 
attitude of dignified ease with her slender left arm 
hanging at her side and the right gently resting on 
a bunch of flowers lying on a table near a gold crown. 
Behind her is a green curtain and a column with a 
narrow vista across a low-toned landscape. She is 
dressed in the sumptuous style of the time of Van- 
dyck, with gold-trimmed, low-cut, black satin gown 
over a black petticoat dotted with pearls, with ropes 
of the same jewels in hair and ears, around the neck 
and falling over the rich lace collar and undersleeves. 
Height, 54 inches; width, 42 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 62 

THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. 

1727-1788 

The Market Cart 

A rough country road winds around a great clump 
of trees to a shallow pool in the foreground, into 
which a white horse drawing a market cart is just 
about to step for his accustomed drink. The cart 
is piled high with vegetables, and two comely girls 
are perched on the load, while two lads and a dog 
run alongside. Under the trees beyond the pool is 
a faggot-gatherer with a great bundle of sticks. The 
great mass of rich foliage, accented by flicking sun- 
light, rises high against the summer sky where a 
great white cloud, intensely luminous, shows its head 
above the rounded crown of the trees, and on the 
left is a glimpse of a distant landscape with a moun- 
tain peak in the horizon. The picture is large in line, 
fine in color, free in treatment and strongly decora- 
tive. 

Height, 72 inches; width, 59 inches. 

This picture is undoubtedly the original scheme for 
the landscape of the same composition in the Na- 
tional Gallery, London. 



GAINSBOROUGH. 




THE MARKET CART. 



N°- 63 

VAN EVERDINGEN 
1612-1675 

Royal Hunting Lodge — The Hague 

This scene in the well-known park of the capital 
of Holland is particularly striking on account of its 
robust treatment and the vigor of the effect. In the 
foreground, which is strongly lighted, are horsemen, 
attendants and dogs, the advance party of the royal 
hunt, which is seen moving along in state among the 
trees in the distance. Great masses of trees on either 
side nearly cover the sky and cast a deep and mysteri- 
ous shadow in the middle distance, beyond which, 
across a small lake, is seen part of the lodge with a 
double-arched bridge over the canal which surrounds 
the building. The light in the sky, which is full of 
gray clouds, is concentrated near the zenith. 

Everdingen was called the Salvator Rosa of the 
North, and was a skilful etcher as well as a successful 
landscape painter. 

The figures are the work of A. Van de Velde. 

Height, 50 inches; length, 62 inches. 

From the collection of the Right Hon. Lord 
Methuen. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N ' 64 

JOHN RUSSELL, R. A. 
i 744-1 806 

Scene in an Old Play 

A young maiden dressed in a flowing gown of 
white half reclines on the cushion of a couch in a 
languid attitude, her eyes cast down. Behind her is 
a wooded landscape with a luminous cloud reflected 
in a lake in the distance. The lower part of the fig- 
ure is in strong light, and the head and shoulders are 
in shadow full of reflected light, in contrast against 
a deep red curtain. From the tearful but sweet ex- 
pression of the maiden's face the part she is playing 
is evidently that of heroine in a love story. 

Russell was a pupil of Francis Cotes, and was por- 
trait painter in crayons to George III. and to the 
Prince of Wales. 

Height, 48 inches ; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 65 

GAINSBOROUGH DUPONT 

1767-1797 

Portrait of Dr. Johnson 

The burly doctor is represented in the prime of 
life sitting at a table with his left hand resting on his 
knee and his right hand to his breast. He wears the 
famous snuff-colored velvet suit with ermine cuffs, 
a long, white satin waistcoat trimmed with gold lace 
and a full-bottomed gray wig. His head is turned 
and inclined toward the right shoulder, and the eyes 
look in the same direction. The background is a 
graduated mellow tone of gray with a red curtain on 
the right side. 

Dupont was a nephew of Thomas Gainsborough. 
R.A., and painted portraits in imitation of his style. 
He was also well known as a mezzo-tint engraver. 
Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 66 

GEORGE ROMNEY 

i 734- i 802 

Portrait of Mr. James Fletcher 

A three-quarter length figure of a portly English 
gentleman of the type of a country magistrate or a 
county dignitary, standing with his right hand on 
his hip and his left supported by a stout, gold-headed 
malacca cane. He is dressed in a coat and waist- 
coat of dark blue cloth, buff-colored breeches and 
wears a gray wig. The face is in three-quarters view 
turned over the right shoulder, and is vigorously 
painted, well drawn and modelled with accuracy and 
skill. In the background on the right is a sky with 
sunset effect and a bit of the sea with an isolated 
rock near the horizon. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

From the collection of Mrs. Moss, The Poplars, 
Lincoln, England. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 67 
CHARLES EMILE JACOUE 

The Close of Day- 
After a hard day's labor in the field, a farmer is 
returning home with his horses, who are anxious to 
enter the barn to take their well-earned rest. A blue 
sky beyond is almost completely covered with lumi- 
nous clouds, while the outlines of the distant hills are 
softened by the glowing haze of the setting sun, its 
golden light giving the whole composition a tone 
both rich and harmonious. In the middle distance, 
on the left, a broad meadow shimmers in the sunlight, 
and the general effect is at once realistic and powerful. 
Height, 26 inches; width, 22 inches. 

Collection of J. Abner Harper, Esq. 
Collection of W. S. Kimball, Esq. 



N°- 68 

CARLO DOLCI 

1616-1686 

Virgin and Sleeping Infant 

The undraped figure of the Infant lies at full length 
on his right side, his head thrown back and resting 
on a red cushion, his eyes shut and his lips slightly 
parted as if in peaceful slumber. Over him bends 
the virgin mother, clasping her hands together as if 
in rapt adoration. She is robed in a red tunic and 
blue mantle with a soft drapery over her head, above 
which shows a delicate gold halo. The figures are 
of life size. The effect of light is strong and the 
color is rich, giving to the picture a decorative qual- 
ity which is not always marked in this artist's work. 

Height, 35 inches ; width, 42 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 69 

MICHAEL DAHL 

1656-1743 

Portrait of a Lady 

A stately young lady seated in a throne chair, 
the figure seen to the knee and in three-quarters 
view, the eyes looking toward the spectator. She 
wears a rich, brown silk robe in semi-classical style, 
cut low, with elbow sleeves and a blue silk mantle 
trimmed with jewels and ermine thrown across her 
lap and under her right arm, which rests on the chair. 
She holds a rose in her extended left hand. The 
background is mellow in color, and the heavy folds 
of a curtain partly cover a large vase beyond which is 
a bit of low-toned landscape. 

Dahl was a Swede and painted in London for more 
than fifty years, where he was a close competitor of 
Sir Godfrey Kneller. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 70 

SIR PETER LELY 

1618-1680 

Portrait of Catherine of Braganza 

A half-length figure of a stately lady seated on a 
sofa, over which is thrown a red velvet, ermine-lined 
mantle. A jewelled coronet stands on the arm of 
the sofa, and she holds in her extended right hand a 
g"olden globe surrounded by a Greek cross. Her 
dress is of pale gray silk cut low, with puffed and 
slashed sleeves, and is ornamented with a profusion 
of pearls and other jewels, and her coiffure is quaint 
and formal. Her attitude and her type suggest a 
personage of importance, and the face is not without 
that charm of expression which the artist so admir- 
ably rendered. 

Catherine of Braganza was the daughter of King 

John of Portugal and wife of King Charles II. of 

England. 

Height, 51 inches; width, 41 inches. 

From the collection of Dr. A. H. Bainbrigge, 
London. 

From the collection of Martin H. Colnaghi, Lon- 
don. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 7 J 

JACQUES BLANCHARD 
i 600- i 63 3 

Venus and Adonis 

The Queen of Love half reclines on her left side, 
back to the spectator, supporting herself on her left 
elbow. Just beyond her is Adonis, also reclining in 
a similar attitude, but turned in another direction. 
Each with right arm raised is drawing from the trunk 
of the tree the head of an arrow which doubtless 
came from Cupid's bow. There is a broad effect of 
light on the figure of Venus, and the flesh is effec- 
tively modelled and is rich and full in color. A shaft 
of light through the branches touches the temple and 
the shoulder of Adonis, throwing the rest of the fig- 
ure into a luminous shadow. Behind the group is 
a wood, here and there accented by sunlight, and 
on the right a glimpse of the sky through the trees. 

Blanchard was very much influenced by the Vene- 
tian school, and gained a great reputation as a color- 
ist; he was often called the French Titian. Four of 
his pictures are in the Louvre. 

Height, 48 inches ; length, 68 inches. 

From the collection of the Count de Ganay, Paris. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 72 

JAMES GODSELL MIDDLETON 

1S05-1873 

A Willing Captive 

Standing in an open window a charming young 
lady with an animated expression on her face leans 
gracefully forward as if to welcome a friend, and a 
fluttering robin perches on her upraised right hand. 
Her dress, which is in late eighteenth century style, 
is cut low, and a single white rose nestles in her 
bosom. Other flowers adorn her hair, which falls 
in ringlets over her shoulders. On the right is a 
globe of gold fish with a bouquet of roses, and on 
the left a red curtain falling over the stone window 
sill. 

Middleton was a successful portrait painter who 
lived in London and contributed to the various ex- 
hibitions from 1826 to 1872. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 73 

THOMAS BARKER 

(barker of bath) 

1769-1847 

The Cottage Door 

The central and important feature of the com- 
position is a low thatched cottage with a family group 
at the door. Great trees overhang it on the left, and 
a scattered group grows on the slope on the right 
near which are two friendly cows, and a woman wear- 
ing a red shawl. In the foreground a shepherd with 
two dogs sits near a flight of rude stone steps. There 
is a strong effect of sunlight on the path leading to 
the cottage, on the figures and the whitewashed wall. 
It is rich and warm in color, painted with freedom 
and with a full, flowing brush. 

Barker, who was called Barker of Bath, was a 
favorite painter of landscape and rural life. 

Height, 35 inches; length, 48 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 75 

WILLIAM DOBSON 

1610-1646 

James Stanley — Earl of Derby 

The half-length standing figure of a man of appar- 
ently high status in the community, resting his left 
elbow on the sill of an open window, through which 
is seen a landscape with mountains and a sunset sky. 
He is dressed in black with a cloak thrown around 
his shoulders and a broad collar with white tassels. 
His beard and hair are dressed a la Vandyck and his 
head is in three-quarters view, turned and slightly 
inclined toward his right shoulder. The treatment 
is fine and simple, the effect broad and strong and 
the painting of the left hand particularly resembles 
the work of Vandyck. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



JUSTUS 5USTERMANS 




PRINCESS CLAUDIA DI MEDICI 



N° 76 

JUSTUS SUSTERMANS 

i 597-168 i 

Portrait of Princess Claudia De Medici 

A three-quarters length standing figure of a young 
lady in sumptuous sixteenth century costume of 
black velvet trimmed with rich galoon over figured 
brocade sleeves and petticoat, broad lace ruff and 
cuffs. She has a pearl agraffe and band in her hair, 
four strings of pearls with rich pendant around her 
neck and pearl bracelets on her arms. Her right hand 
rests on a book lying on a red-draped table. The 
head is delicate in color, refined in expression, solidly 
painted and in strong relief against a dark back- 
ground. A red curtain is looped up in the right- 
hand corner. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 39 inches. 

This portrait was originally in the Palazzo Pancia- 
ticchi, Florence. 

From Messrs. Thos. Agnew & Sons, London. 
Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 77 

ASCRIBED TO MORETTO 

1498-1555 

Portrait of an Italian Nobleman 

This is a half-length figure of a sixteenth century 
Italian dignitary in full official robes. The face 
which is in three-quarters view, turned to the right, 
is framed by a long white beard, closely cropped 
white hair and a black velvet cap. A broad band of 
white fur, spotted with black, trims the large, full- 
sleeved velvet coat, which is open in front, showing a 
heavy gold chain falling over a black doublet. He 
holds the gold hilt of a sword in his gloved left hand. 
In the background is draped a rich red silk curtain. 
The flesh is reserved in color, is painted with great 
simplicity, and the accessories are executed with the 
skill characteristic of that period of Italian art. 

Moretto was otherwise known as Alessandro Bon- 
vicano, and was the master of the famous portrait- 
painter Moroni. 

Height, 38 inches ; width, 34 inches. 

From the collection of John Samuel, Esq., 2,7 Park 
Lane, London. 

From the collection of Jas. Arthur de Sousa 
Correa, Brazilian Minister to the Court of St. James. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 78 

FREDERICK W. WATTS 

i 800- 1 862 

The Lock 

A rude lock in a canal in the remote rural districts 
of England. The gates are shut, the trap is lifted 
and the water foams and boils in the basin in the fore- 
ground. Over the top of the gates is seen the bow 
of a barge in the lock, and the woman keeper is work- 
ing the lever of the trap. Above the lock rises a 
great rounded clump of trees, the dark foliage in 
vigorous contrast against the sky, which is full of 
rolling masses of clouds, and in the level horizon is 
seen the tower of a distant village church. The color 
is rich and full and suggests in its vigor and warmth 
the artist's master, Constable. 

Height, 36 inches ; length, 52 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 79 

REV. 
MATTHEW WILLIAM PETERS, R. A. 

?-i8i4 
The Laggard Schoolboy 

" The whining school-boy with his shining morning face, 
creeping, like a snail, unwilling to school." 

As You Like It. Act. II., Scene 7. 

Slouching along a garden wall is the traditional 
schoolboy, listlessly dangling his bag of books over 
his shoulder and with an expression of utter discon- 
tent on his face. The village street turns down past 
a Gothic building, presumably the dreaded school- 
house. The figure is in full sunlight and casts a deep 
shadow on the path and the corner of the wall, and 
the red jacket and yellow breeches are accented with 
strong lights and the shadows are rich with warm re- 
flections. It is painted with great solidity, and is 
mellow and strong in color. Peters was Prebendary 
of Lincoln and chaplain to the Prince Regent, but 
he found time outside the duties attaching to these 
positions to paint many domestic subjects and por- 
traits. 

Height, 72 inches ; width, 54 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 80 

ALLAN RAMSAY 
1713-1784 

Portrait of George EI 

This portrait with its pendant, the portrait of 
Queen Caroline, were an official presentation pair 
given by George III. to Sir Adam Williamson, K.B., 
in recognition of his services as Governor of Jamaica. 
They hung in the manor house of Avebury, Wilt- 
shire, until the past summer. 

This portrait represents the monarch at full length 
seated in the Coronation Chair, holding the sceptre 
in his right hand. He is in full state attire, with the 
great ermine mantle and miniver-trimmed robe, and 
wears the grand chain and ornament of the order of 
St. George. The head, which is nearly full face, is 
slightly inclined toward the right shoulder, and the 
rich, warm color of the flesh contrasts agreeably 
with the white stock and the gray court wig. The 
figure is drawn in a masterly manner, and the variety 
of textures and intricate details of the accessories are 
painted with great skill. The general tone is rich 
and the color befittingly sumptuous. 

Height, 90 inches ; width, 58 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



SECOND EVENING'S SALE 

FRIDAY, APRIL EIGHTH 
AT MENDELSSOHN HALL 

Fortieth Street, East of Broadway 

BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT HALF PAST EIGHT 
O'CLOCK 



N° 81 

J. ALCAZAR 
Contemporary 

The Model's Siesta 

Stretched at full length on a studio divan is a 
pretty Italian model, one hand idly hanging down 
and the other holding a fan resting on her hip. 
Under her head is a soft silk cushion, iridescent in 
color and her white chemise is in strong contrast with 
the black velvet petticoat which makes the focus of 
the color scheme. Against a tapestry wall stands 
an Empire table with a vase of flowers and a pot of 
brushes and, in the foreground, a pink silk lace- 
trimmed wrap is thrown over a carved chair. A 
book which she has just been reading lies on the 
floor. 

Height, 14 inches; length, 18 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 82 

AIME PERRET 

Contemporary 

The Harvester 

A peasant woman, after a long day of reaping, is 
returning home at sunset, trudging slowly along a 
path across the fields. She is dressed in coarse gar- 
ments, wears a red kerchief on her head and carries 
on her back a bundle of gleanings. Her right hand, 
which holds a sickle, hangs wearily by her side. The 
upper part of the figure is in strong silhouette against 
a rosy evening sky where the new harvest moon is 
faintly seen in the warm glow of sunset. 

Signed at the left, Aime Perret. 

Height, 22 inches; width, 18 inches. 

Owned bv Air. Blakeslee. 



N° 83 

J. HANSON WALKER 

Contemporary 

An English Maiden 

The life-size head and shoulders of an auburn- 
haired young English girl with the delicate com- 
plexion and translucent skin which often is found 
with hair of this color. With her head slightly in- 
clined toward the right shoulder she looks straight 
at the spectator with calm eyes and a sweet and mod- 
est expression. She wears a low-cut white dress, 
with a diaphanous white scarf or wrap thrown over 
her shoulders and the background represents the 
interior of a forest. 

Signed at the left, J. Hanson Walker. 

Height, 22 inches; width, 18 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 84 
EARLY FLEMISH SCHOOL 

Pieta 

Tenderly holding the head of the dead Christ with 
both her hands, Mary presses her face against the 
Saviour's cheek with an expression of indefinable 
affection, reverence and grief. Her head is chastely 
draped with a white wimple, which falls in Gothic 
folds, and a dark blue robe shows at the neck and on 
the arms. The flesh is simple in color and naive in 
treatment. 

Height, 6 l / 2 inches; width, 6 l / 2 inches. 

From the collection of Clarence King, Esq., of 
New York. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 85 

ROBERT L. TOURNIERES 

1668-1752 

Portrait of a Lady 

The young lady who sat for this portrait had a 
taste for rich color in dress, for she wears a blue silk 
brocade frock cut low, showing a silver and white, 
lace-trimmed stomacher, and drapes around her arms 
a brilliant red mantle, holding the folds with her 
right hand. The head is in three-quarters view, 
turned toward the right shoulder over which falls a 
long curl of hair. Her coiffure is high and undulated 
and relieved by crimson flowers. The background 
is a simple tone of brown. 

Height, 27 inches; width, 21^2 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 86 

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. 

i 769- 1 830 

A Young Cricketer 

A schoolboy in an Eton jacket, white trousers 
and broad collar, stands at the wicket, holding his 
bat in the regulation position ready for the ball. Be- 
hind him is a wide and open landscape with a low 
horizon, and the sunlight strikes full upon the figure, 
bringing the luminous flesh color and the silvery 
tones of the white into strong contrast against the 
sky. There is an expression of eager interest on his 
frank and open countenance and his attitude is easy, 
notwithstanding its regulation formality. 

Height, 36 inches; width, 28 inches. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 87 

GEORGES MICHEL 

i 763- 1 843 

Landscape 

Across the sky swirl great ominous storm clouds 
in strong contrast against the concentrated light at 
the horizon, and a deep shadow is thrown on the 
broad plain and its barrier of wooded hills on the left. 
In the extreme distance is a suggestion of the build- 
ings of a town, and in the foreground a rapid stream 
rushes around a rock near a high bluff, at the foot 
of which is a muddy road with one or two foot pas- 
sengers. A ragged clump of trees grows on the 
summit of the bluff, threshed and tossed and bending 
with the violence of the wind. 

Height, 25 inches ; length, 35 inches ; 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 88 

JOHN ZOFFANY, R. A. 

1733-1810 

Portrait of Miss Broughton, the Actress 

This famous actress counted the artist as one of 
her numerous admirers. He painted her with taste- 
ful appreciation of her charms and shows her seated 
at a table holding a book in her left hand, the head 
in three-quarters view turned to the right and sur- 
mounted by an enormous powdered coiffure, over 
which is thrown a spotted lace veil. She wears a pale 
blue low-cut dress with elbow sleeves, a fichu across 
the bust and lace ruffles around the arms. 

Zoffany was also called Zauffely, and was born in 
Ratisbon. At the age of twenty-five, after studying 
art in Italy, he went to England, where he soon be- 
came widely known as a portrait painter. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 89 

ANGELICA KAUFMANN, R.A. 
1741-1795 

The Virgin and Infant 

The sweet-faced woman with motherly tenderness 
holds on her left arm the Infant, caressing one little 
foot with her right hand. There are no archaeo- 
logical accessories; she sits on a wooden couch and 
a common cradle stands near. But the robe and 
mantle are of the accepted colors, blue and red, and 
the sentiment is in keeping with the subject. The 
figures are in strong effect of light, are broadly and 
solidly painted and the composition is graceful in 
arrangement. 

Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kaufmann was 
one of the thirty-six original members of the Royal 
Academy, which fact is sufficient proof of the estima- 
tion in which she was held as an artist. 

Height, 24 inches ; width, 20 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 90 

GEORGE HENRY HARLOW 
1787-1819 

Portrait of Mrs. W, Carrington 

The influence of the artist's master, Sir Thomas 
Lawrence, is easily discovered in this charming rep- 
resentation of a vivacious young lady with a fresh, 
delicate complexion and bright eyes. She is stand- 
ing out of doors with folded arms, and the strong 
but diffused light gives great brilliancy to the flesh 
in the lights and strong reflections in all the shadows. 
She wears a black hat with ostrich feathers coquet- 
tishly set on her head, a red velvet coat over a black 
velvet, low-cut dress with a lace ruffle on the should- 
ers. The background is a landscape with a large 
proportion of sky. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 9 \ 

THOMAS W. DEWING 

Contemporary 

The Sorceress 

An East Indian or Egyptian woman, with her hair 
bound by a broad fillet which hangs down her back 
and a piece of dull yellow drapery thrown about her, 
is seated on a tesselated floor in front of a wooden 
screen, her head in profile perdu, apparently looking 
at a flickering flame in a shallow dish on top of a low, 
slender stand. Near her on the floor are two earthen 
jars, a snake skin and the jawbone of some animal. 
The composition is simple, the figure is carefully 
studied and the color is quiet and reserved. 

Signed at the left, T. W. Dewing, 1879. 

Height, 15^ inches; width, io}4 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 92 

AELBERT CUYP 
1605-1691 

A Boy Holding Three Horses 

Near the corner of a building which is partially 
overgrown by grape vines, a small lad stands holding 
three horses by the bridle reins. Two of these are 
saddled, but the third, standing on the right, has 
only a bridle. He is a fine specimen of the heavy, 
strong-limbed type, the favorite mount for a military 
man in the seventeenth century, and is iron gray in 
color, with white head, mane and tail. The group is 
in full sunlight, in strong relief against the building 
on the right and the sky and the distant landscape 
on the left. The color is warm and rich and the 
general effect highly decorative. 

Signed at the right, A. C. 

Height, 14 inches ; length, 16 inches. 

From the collection of the late Charles Lewis, 
Esq., Convent Lodge, Blackheath, England. 

From the collection of Humphrey Ward, Esq., Art 
Critic of the London " Times." 

From Messrs. Thomas Agnew & Sons, London. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 93 

EGBERT VAN DRIELST 
1746-1818 

Landscape 

A shallow pool occupies the middle of the fore- 
ground. It is apparently a watering-place, for two 
deeply-rutted roads run into it, the one on the left 
mounting a slight elevation under a great clump of 
trees which rise high against the sky, and the one on 
the right winding around a group of large, red- 
roofed houses in the middle distance. The houses 
and the overhanging trees hide two-thirds of the 
horizon, and on the right is seen a distant village 
church and a farm house or two on a low, wooded 
hillside. The sky is almost entirely covered by lum- 
inous cloud masses. The artist was evidently in- 
spired by intelligent study of the early Dutch land- 
scape painters whose methods he has closely fol- 
lowed. 

Height, 26 inches; length, 33 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



ASCRIBED TO 

WILLIAM VAN MIERIS 
i 63 5-1 68 i 

Portrait of a Nobleman 

This painting, although small in size and finished 
with minute care, is large in aspect and impressive as 
a study of character. A gentleman of middle age is 
seated in an easy but dignified attitude, with his left 
hand on his hip and his right arm resting on a rock 
which, except for the landscape background, would 
naturally appear out of place. He wears a gray, full- 
bottomed wig, a snuff-colored coat with full white 
undersleeves and a loose white cravat at the neck, 
and an ample deep blue velvet cloak which is thrown 
across his right arm and legs. The expression of 
his face is serious without severity and the type is a 
distinguished one. 

Height, 19J/2 inches; width, 15^ inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 95 

GEORGE MORLAND 

i 763- i 805 

Donkey and Pigs 

Sheltered from the winter's wind in a comfortable 
enclosure strewn with deep straw litter a sow and her 
half-grown young one enjoy the sunshine. Snow 
covers the roof of the low hovel at the back of the 
stye and the branches and trunk of a leafless tree 
nearby, and this, with a wintry sky beyond, makes 
the spot of sunshine seem all the warmer and more 
agreeable. A friendly donkey pokes his head over 
the low gate, apparently envious of the comfort of 
the pigs. The effect of light and shade in this pic- 
ture is vigorous and convincingly realistic, and the 
execution is characteristically facile and skilful. 

Signed at the middle left, G. M. 

Height, 11 inches; length, 12 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 96 

GERARD VON HONTHORST 

i 590- i 656 

A Cavalier 

A youthful member of some Dutch seventeenth- 
century guild proudly attired in slashed deep pink 
doublet with falling lace collar and cuffs, with knot 
of blue ribbon at neck and on left breast ; a deep blue 
mantle draped in ample folds around his waist and 
over his right shoulder, and a gray felt hat with white 
feather. The face, which is solidly painted and re- 
fined in color, is turned nearly in profile over the 
left shoulder as he looks down toward his sword hilt. 
There is a strong effect of lig'ht on the upper part of 
the figure. 

Honthorst not only painted portraits but historical 
pictures and executed many important decorations, 
notably in the royal palaces in the Hague. 

Height, 39^4 inches ; width, 30^4 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 97 

FRANS HALS 

i 5 84- i 666 

A Cavalier 

One of the small studies which the artist painted 
as a relief from the more laborious work on life-sized 
portraits. It represents a young man in gray doub- 
let, broad lace collar and large black hat leaning 
back with his left hand on his hip, his head inclined 
to the left, and his eyes directed towards the spec- 
tator. The light falls from the upper left, and the 
face, which is in three-quarters view, is partly in 
shadow. It is sober in color, and painted with the 
direct and spirited touch which is characteristic of 
the painter. 

Height, 9 inches ; width, 7% inches. 

From the collection of Humphry Ward, Esq., 
London. 

Exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, Lon- 
don, 1902. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° 98 

HENRY PIERRE DANLOUX 

1753-1809 

Lady Playing a Harp 

A lady in Directoire costume seated, playing a 
harp, and turning her head over her left shoulder and 
outstretched arm. Over her white dress she wears a 
striped silk kerchief knotted behind, and a ribbon in 
her hair. Only part of the harp is visible and the 
hands run out of the picture. The background is a 
simple tone of gray. Danloux went to England at 
the outbreak of the French revolution, where he 
remained for ten years and gained a high reputation 
as a portrait painter. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

From the collection of Henry J. Pfungst, F.S.A., 
London. 

Owned bv Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N°- 99 

ASCRIBED TO 

RICHARD COSWAY, R. A. 

1740-1821 

Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert 

The head and shoulders, seen nearly in profile, of 
a young lady with an abundance of gray hair dressed 
in wavy masses with a large curl falling over the 
shoulder. She wears a white dress with tulle fichu 
tied with a blue bow. The light falls strongly upon 
the figure from the upper right, and brings the flesh 
and the drapery into relief against a gray back- 
ground. 

Cosway, who was famous as a miniaturist, excelled 
also in his life-size portraits and painted most of the 
fashionable ladies of his time. He was a great ad- 
mirer of Correggio, and was said to have acquired 
his graceful style from the study of that artist. 

Height, 28 inches; width, 23 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J 00 

CANALETTO 

i 697- i 768 

Canal Reggio — Venice 

The famous canal, teeming with activity, is seen 
from the water, midway between the banks. The 
surface of the canal sparkles, while here and there 
glide all manner of gondole. Some of the gondoliers 
glide about lazily, while others seem more intent on 
reaching their destination. A church on the right 
affords a theme for the artist to show his unrivalled 
skill in the handling of architecture. The perspective, 
as is not uncommon in Canaletto's works, is perfectly 
rendered. 

Height, 24 inches ; length, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \0\ 

SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A. 

i 802-1873 

Eager for the Fray 

An active, wire-haired fox terrier is much excited 
over a rat in a cage and, having already killed two, 
is dashing about in his attempt to seize the captive 
animal. Two other dogs, different breeds of ter- 
riers, are watching a third who has burrowed under 
the floor in search of the quarry. The animals are 
all in spirited action, and are executed in a masterly 
manner. The management of the light is partic- 
ularly effective. 

Signed at the left, E. L. 

Height, 12 inches ; length, 16 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J02 

JOHN CROME 

(Old Crome) 
i 769-1 82 1 

Norwich Landscape 

An intimate bit of scenery, probably in Norfolk, 
characterized by great fidelity of treatment, rich and 
full color and a quiet effect of light. An old farm 
building with red-tiled roof and boarded sides and 
doors, well-weathered by the storms of years, stands 
on the right near a small pool which is bordered by 
low bushes and grassy banks. In the middle dis- 
tance the roof of a cottage is seen above a clump of 
trees which grow on a rocky, sunlit hillock, and a 
farm laborer is gossiping with a woman at the gate. 
The sky is tender in color and is partly covered by 
soft clouds. 

Height, 13 inches; length, ijy 2 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 103 

SIR NATHANIEL DANCE, R. A. 
i 734-181 i 

Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds 

A frankly painted head and shoulders, the body in 
profile and the head in three-quarters view, turned 
to the left. He wears a brown coat with a wide col- 
lar, a white stock and a broad-brimmed black hat. 
It is low in tone and vigorous in effect of light and 
shade, suggesting that the artist was much influ- 
enced by the study of the Dutch portrait painters. 

Dance was one of the foundation members of the 
Royal Academy, but renounced his profession after 
practising it for several years, was elected to parlia- 
ment, took the name of Holland and was made a 
baronet. 

Height, 28 inches; width, 23 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 104 

JOHN CONSTABLE, R. A. 

i 776- i 837 

Suffolk Landscape 

In the foreground are the gates of a lock, and from 
this a canal winds away between meadows accented 
occasionally by a flash of sunshine until it is lost 
among the trees in the horizon. A barge with 
lowered sail floats near the lock and a clump of trees 
grows along the towpath on the left. Masses of 
storm clouds with here and there strong accents of 
light on their great rounded edges, cover the sky 
except at one spot where the blue shows near the 
zenith. The effect is vigorous and realistic and the 
treatment broad and free. 

Height, 12 inches ; length, 14 inches. 

From the collection of Sir Edward Cockburn. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J 05 

SIR PETER LELY 

1618-1680 

Portrait of the Countess of Carlisle 

A three-quarter length figure of the dignified and 
stately Countess, seated, with a landscape back- 
ground. Her coiffure is arranged in the Henrietta 
Maria style, and about her neck is a sumptuous string 
of pearls. Her large puffed sleeves are lined with 
golden brown silk which makes a powerful contrast 
against the sombre black of her gown. The left arm 
rests delicately on a bunch of flowers, while the right 
is on the arm of her chair. 

Her expression is charming in its very dignity, 
and not without the fascination that seems a part of 
all the canvases of this artist. The treatment is free 
and direct, and the general tone rich and agreeable. 

Height, 42 inches; width, 32 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 106 

WILLEM WISSING 

1656-1687 

Portrait of Lady Ossory 

The head and shoulders of a high-bred young lady 
with a sweet and candid expression on her face, taste- 
fully dressed in a yellow gown with loosely looped 
mauve sleeves over white, with rich lace around the 
bust and a scarf of Oriental material. The head is 
in three-quarters view turned over the right 
shoulder, and is fresh and delicate in color — beauti- 
fully simple and refined in treatment. The fair hair 
is parted on the forehead and covers the temples with 
soft, undulating puffs. 

Wissing was a pupil of Sir Peter Lely, after whose 
death he became famous on his own account and 
painted all the royal family of England and many of 
the aristocracy. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned bv Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° 107 

SIR JOHN WATSON GORDON 

i 790- 1 864 

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott 

A painter of Gordon's eminence could scarcely fail 
to produce a likeness, and this interesting portrait 
of the famous writer when a youth is as convincing 
in its resemblance as it is satisfactory in treatment. 
It is refined in color, simple in scheme and quiet in 
effect. The head is in three-quarters view, turned 
to the left, and a dark green cloak with broad collar 
is thrown over the shoulders and held by the left 
hand. The background is sky and trees low in tone 
and harmonious in color. 

Gordon was the chief portrait painter of Scotland 
after the death of Raeburn, at which time he took 
the name of Gordon, his family name being Watson. 
He was the President of the Royal Scottish Acad- 
emy. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

From the collection of Lady Penelope Gage, Hen- 
grave Hall, Suffolk. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J08 

JOHN HOPPNER, R.A. 
1758-1810 

Portrait of Miss Kelvin 

The grace and distinction of the sitter was better 
given by this artist than by any of his contempo- 
raries, and in this portrait he represents a sweet- 
faced, modest young lady with frank and candid ex- 
pression and great charm of type and bearing. She 
is seen down to the waist, and is dressed in white 
with a green bow at her bosom and a green ribbon 
girdle. The face, which is fresh and strong in color, 
is framed by a mass of light, curly hair and is in 
strong contrast against a mass of trees in the back- 
ground, below the branches of which is a glimpse 
of a sunlit landscape, which the artist knew so well 
how to suggest. The soft tones of the white drapery 
harmonize with the general refinement of tone. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Purchased from Thomas Agnew & Son, London, 
who bought it from the family for whom it was orig- 
inally painted. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



HOPPNER 




PORTRAIT OF MISS KELVIN. 



N° 109 

CLAUDIO COELLO 
1621-1693 

Portrait of Marie Louise of Orleans 

A full-length standing figure of the handsome 
young queen dressed in a formal but rich and in- 
teresting costume which consists of a black robe 
with very wide petticoat and straight bodice elabor- 
ately embroidered in gold, and with full and open 
sleeves and tight-fitting satin ones underneath. 
Around her neck and wrists are wide lace ruffs. The 
left hand hangs by her side and the other rests on a 
chair; the head is in three-quarters view, slightly 
lowered, and the large, expressive eyes look toward 
the spectator. The' background is a panel of blue 
satin on an old gold ground. The color of the por- 
trait is refined and sober and at the same time richly 
decorative. The portrait has an aspect of quiet dig- 
nity and an unusual charm of style. 

Height, 78 inches; width, 46 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



n° no 

RICHARD WILSON 
1714-1782 

Italian Landscape 

In the foreground is a sunlit hilltop with tall, 
straggling trees rising against the sky and the figures 
of two peasant women. A great crag projects from 
the right in the middle distance and overhangs a 
broad, quiet lake, beyond which an extensive group 
of houses and towers stands on a wooded bank, and 
in the horizon a range of mountains is strongly 
lighted by the sun, which also accents great summer 
clouds which roll along in majestic masses. The 
color is rich and refined, and the composition strik- 
ing and effective. 

Height, 16 inches ; length, 20 inches. 

From Wynn Ellis collection. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \\\ 

F. DE HAVEN, A.N. A. 

Contemporary- 
October Evening 

The lower horn of the new October moon shows 
below a bank of dark clouds covering the upper part 
of the sky, against which rises a majestic mass of 
trees in full autumn foliage glowing in the east rays 
of the setting sun. On the right and left are smaller 
clumps and, nearer the foreground, which is a 
broken, grassy slope covered with dead grass, slen- 
der trees with few branches run out of the picture 
at the top. The composition is large in line and in 
effect, strong and agreeable in color. 

Signed at the right, F. De Haven, A.N.A. 

Height, 36 inches; length, 48 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° U2 

FRANCESCO GUARDI 
1112-1193 

Street Scene, Venice 

The exigencies of construction in the queen city 
of the Adriatic often brought about interesting archi- 
tectural effects, and the motive of this picture, found 
near the water front of the Guidecca, shows how one 
of the narrow streets is spanned by a great arch 
under a stately edifice. The sunlight streams in, 
brilliantly illuminating groups of figures, the wares 
exposed in front of a small shop and the facade above 
it with its windows and awnings. In the left, bor- 
dering the open quay, is a row of houses and a small 
church, and, beyond, boats are moored at the water's 
edge. The picture is exceedingly interesting in 
aspect, rich in color and frank in treatment. 

Height, 24 inches ; width, 17 inches. 

Collection of the Baron Weiderhofer, physician 
to the Emperor of Austria. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° U3 

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A 
i 769- 1 830 

Portrait of Miss Wilson 

The young lady is seated holding a roll of manu- 
script in her left hand with her head turned over her 
left shoulder as if she had just been interrupted at her 
reading. She wears a simple black velvet dress with 
a red cloak which falls off her shoulders, a double 
collar of white tulle, and her dark hair is dressed with 
ringlets over the temples and ears and a high knot 
on the top. The background is a deep-toned sky 
with clouds at the lower part, tinged with sunset 
colors. The flesh is brilliant and at the same time 
refined, and the portrait has a strong, decorative 
aspect. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° U4 

S. LEPINE 

Contemporary 

River Scene 

The diffused light from a sky completely covered 
with luminous clouds harmonizes the whole land- 
scape and in the distance the hills which form the 
horizon are almost lost in a delicate haze. The 
broad expanse of a river reflects the tones of the sky 
and the trees along its banks, as it winds from the 
foreground to the left around a low wooded point 
and then to the right where a farm house stands near 
the shore. A punt with a single occupant is just 
touching the bank on the left, and in midstream, op- 
posite the farm house, a small sail boat floats in the 
unruffled water. 

Signed at the right, S. Lepine. 

Height, 10 inches; length, 14 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \\5 

JOHN CROME 

(Old Crome) 

1769-1821 

English Landscape 

A bit of rural England, far from the madding 
crowd, where a stream has cut its way deep in the 
soft soil and trees grow luxuriantly. Half hidden 
by dense foliage, the gables and roofs of a group 
of buildings are seen on the left under the trees 
beyond a narrow foot bridge, and on the right, 
among the scattered clumps of bushes which grow 
on the rough ground, several country folk with a 
donkey are moving toward the farm house. The 
sun shining between masses of cumulous clouds 
accents the foreground with strong passages of 
warm light and floods the distant fields and low 
wooded hills in the horizon. The picture is rich and 
warm in color and vigorous in effect. 

Height, 22 inches; length, 30 inches. 

From collection of James Orrock, Bedford Square, 
London. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° U6 
JACOBO DEL SELLAJO 

The Virgin with the Infant and Saint John 

The adoring mother kneels before the Infant, who 
is lying on a portion of her ample blue cloak, and 
at a short distance away the youthful Saint John also 
kneels on the grass holding in his left hand a tall and 
slender cross. In the sky above the Virgin's head the 
angel appears to the shepherd, who, accompanied 
by his dog, lies asleep on a hillside near his flock of 
sheep. The head of each figure is relieved against 
an incised and gilded halo, the colors of the gar- 
ments are deep and rich, the flesh is painted with 
characteristic simplicity of method and the distant 
landscape is naive and interesting. 

Sellajo flourished in the early part of the sixteenth 
century, and this picture was painted about 1510. 
Height, 41 inches; width, 26 inches. 

From the collection of Count Bellini delle Stelle, 
Palazzo Borgo Pinti, Florence. 

From the collection of Signore Galli-Dunn, Flor- 
ence. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° \M 

ANTONIO CANAL 

(Canaletto) 

i 697- i 768 

Piazza. San Marco, Venice 

A perspective view of the famous square showing 
the buildings on three sides and a corner of the cam- 
panile and the loggia running out of the composition 
on the left. Two flagstaffs with ornamental bases 
are in the foreground on the right and various um- 
brella tent booths are scattered on the pavement near 
them. A number of figures in costumes of various 
styles and different colors give life to the scene. It 
is painted with the well-known accuracy and skill 
of the artist and is otherwise interesting as a record 
of the place. 

Canaletto began his career as a scene painter, but 
became famous for his architectural views of Venice. 
The figures were usually painted by Tiepolo. His 
real name was Antonio Canal. 

Height, 28 inches ; length. 44 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° U8 

NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE 
i 656- 1 746 

Portrait of Prince Christian of Bavaria 

A portly gentleman with a severe expression of 
countenance, seen down to the waist, with the head 
almost in full face. He wears a high-dressed gray 
wig, which falls over his shoulders, a blue velvet 
coat, a figured old gold waistcoat, a rich lace jabot 
and a broad blue silk ribbon across his chest from 
left to right. It is painted with extraordinary skill, 
and the imposing dignity of the personage is ren- 
dered in a convincing manner. 

Largilliere, although he is chiefly noted for his 
portraits, the excellence of which caused him to be 
styled the French Vandyck, took the first rank as 
well as a painter of historical subjects. 

Height, 32 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

From collection of Count Festeticz. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



LARGILLIERE 




"PRINCE CHRISTIAN OF BAVARIA 



N° \\9 

WILLY MARTENS 

Contemporary 

At the Well 

Two young Dutch peasant women in quaint cos- 
tumes of coarse material stand at a well with brick 
curb and rude wooden windlass, one of them filling 
her water pails from the wooden bucket she has just 
drawn up. Nearby on the grass is a small child with 
a light blue pinafore. Beyond the well is a sunlit 
orchard, and through the trees glimpses of a summer 
sky. It is fresh and reserved in color, strong in 
effect and frankly executed. 

Height, 30 inches; length, 34 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 120 

W. C. DUYSTER 

i599-i 6 35 

A Game of Tric-Trac 

Two Dutch cavaliers, one seated and the other 
standing, are engaged at a game which is played in a 
box like a backgammon board placed on a table with 
a rich red cover. A companion leans back in his 
chair nearby and casually watches the game. The 
costumes are in the fashion of the seventeenth cen- 
tury, and are rich in texture and elaborately trimmed 
and ornamented with a profusion of ribbon bows. 
A prominent feature of the costume is a large hat, 
and each of the three cavaliers appears to have had 
an ambition to force the fashion in headgear. 

Height, 12 inches ; length, 16 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 121 

ROBERT NOBLE, R.S.A. 
Contemporary- 
Harvest Time 

A broad, open wheat field, dotted with streaks of 
harvested grain in the strong warm sunlight of a 
summer afternoon. In the horizon beyond a narrow 
stream, a low hill with corn fields and coppices meets 
the sky where luminous cumuli gather, their huge, 
rounded masses seen against a high stratum of cirrus. 
On the left, along the stream, grows a plantation of 
willows. The effect of sunlight is vivid and realistic 
and the composition, though simple, is full of variety 
and interest. 

Height, 24 inches; length, 44 inches. 

Purchased from the artist. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° 122 

WILLIAM F. WITHERINGTON 

1785-1865 

Rural England 

A parish road shaded by overhanging trees winds 
from the middle distance to the foreground, where 
it is crossed by a rail fence, leaving an opening 
through which a country woman leading a small boy 
is walking along the cart track. On the right, partly 
hidden by trees and shrubs, is a half timbered farm- 
house with a tiled roof, and across the road are 
various farm buildings. The densely growing trees 
completely hide the lower part of the sky, and the 
small area which is visible above the tree tops is full 
of delicate and luminous clouds. The sunlight effect 
is sober, but strong, and the color is quiet and refined. 
Height, 18 inches ; length, 26 inches. 



N° J23 

JOHN OPIE 
i 761-1807 

Portrait of a Young Girl 

A maiden of perhaps sixteen summers is seated in 
an easy chair covered with red, in an attitude of un- 
conscious grace. She wears a simple, white muslin 
frock, cut low, with a blue ribbon girdle under the 
bust and her head is inclined to the left and turned 
to the right with the eyes somewhat raised. A 
strong, silvery light from above casts a deep but 
luminous shadow on the neck and on the lower part 
of the dress, bringing the flesh and the soft-toned 
white muslin into strong contrast against the red of 
the chair and the deep-toned background. 

Opie painted not only portraits but domestic and 
rustic subjects, and was famous for his imaginative 
and historical pictures. 

Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 124 

DAVID TENIERS 

(The Elder) 
i 582-1649 

A Village Festival 

In an enclosure in front of a rural inn a large com- 
pany of Flemish peasants are celebrating a holiday. 
Groups of friends are eating and drinking, others are 
merrily dancing in a ring under a tall tree, some are 
making love and others are quarreling; there is 
action and emotion on all sides. Beyond the palings 
is a vista over a quiet landscape, with a church spire 
in the horizon, and the tender blue area of the sky is 
broken by large, rounded cloud-forms. It is a char- 
acteristic work, full of accurate detail, and is strong 
and rich in color. 

Teniers the elder was a pupil of Rubens, and his 
son, also named David, was one of the founders of 
the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts and painted 
many pictures which are scattered through museums 
and private collections the world over. 

Height, 46 inches ; length, 59 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



J. VAN COUVER 
Contemporary 

The Approach to the Town 

A narrow canal, starting from the left foreground, 
disappears among the buildings of an old Dutch 
town in the distance, and on the right a grass-grown 
road leads along the bank of the canal to a windmill 
and a group of houses which are flanked by a mass 
of trees in full foliage. Great, white cumulous clouds 
covering the sky are reflected in the waters of the 
canal and throw a diffused light over the landscape. 
It is one of the perfect summer days in the land of 
canals and polders, and the season and the hour are 
realistically suggested. 

Signed at the left, J. Van Couver. 

Height, 25 inches; length, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \26 

TER MEU LEN 

Contemporary 

Shepherd and Sheep 

It is early spring, and although the grass, which 
grows rankly on the rough slope of the pasture, is 
fresh and green, there are seen but few leaves on the 
straggling shrubs, and here and there a flower. A 
large flock of ewes with two young lambs slowly 
wander down to the foreground, apparently having 
eaten their fill, for they are no longer cropping the 
grass. Behind them the shepherd stands near a rail 
fence, evidently waiting for his dog to herd in some 
straggler, which operation the flock attentively watch. 
The unclouded sun is shining high in the heavens, 
throwing deep shadows on the grass and sand and 
bringing the figure of the shepherd into strong re- 
lief ag~ainst the simple sky. The effect is realistic, 
and at the same time agreeable ; the animals are 
painted with knowledge and skill and the general 
tone is reserved and harmonious. 

Signed at the left, Ter Meulen. 

Height, 30 inches ; length 38 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



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N° 127 

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P. R. A. 

i 723- 1 792 

Portrait of Miss Franks 

The personal charm and unaffected manner of the 
sitter strongly impressed the artist when he painted 
this portrait of a young lady without accessories and 
in a broad effect of light and shade. The canvas is 
oval in shape and the figure is seen just below the 
waist and elbows. She sits facing the spectator, 
dressed in a loose gown of figured stuff of pale mauve 
material, crossed over the bust and girded by a 
knotted sash of blue silk. The hair is arranged with 
befitting simplicity and the flesh tones are refined and 
delicate. The portrait was painted in May, 1766. 
Height, 26 inches; width. 24 inches 

Mentioned in Reynolds' diaries; Leslie and Tom 
Taylor's "Life of Reynolds"; Algernon Graves' 
" Life and Works of Reynolds." Exhibited in the 
Metropolitan Museum, New York. 1902. 

From Messrs. Agnew, London. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell 



N°- 128 

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. 

i 769-1 830 

Portrait of Miss Storr 

The head and shoulders of a young lady, whose 
expressive, intellectual face has elements of great 
beauty. The head is turned over the right shoulder, 
and the abundant dark hair falls over the temples in 
masses of ringlets. She wears a dull red dress, cut 
low with a yellow flower at the point, and a gray silk 
wrap or scarf. The head is lighted from above to 
the right, and the background is a graduated tone 
of warm, mellow gray. The flesh is brilliant and 
refined in color. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 




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N° 129 

MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER 

1636- i 695 

Peacock and Poultry in a Park 

Grouped around a great earthen vase and fountain 
is a variety of birds, a stately peacock, with long, 
trailing tail, two enormous geese, magnificent speci- 
mens of game cock and hen, pigeons, a duck and 
drake and a numerous brood of ducklings with here 
and there a wild bird. The brilliant-colored plum- 
age gives scope to the employment of rich colors, 
and the absolute precision and vigor of the execu- 
tion coupled with a strong effect of light and shade 
makes the composition decorative in aspect. Be- 
side the birds, most of which are in action, there is a 
distant landscape with a second fountain playing into 
a pool and a summerhouse half hidden by the trees. 
Height, 60 inches; length, 96 inches. 

Purchased of Martin Colnaghi, London. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J 30 

GEORGE HENRY HARLOW 

1737-1819 

The Finished Task 

A jolly, red-cheeked schoolboy has been kept in 
to study his lesson for an hour and the irksome task 
is at last ended. With smiling face he holds up the 
hour glass to show that the sand has all run through, 
and with the other hand he shuts the tattered school 
book. He wears a blue jacket, and around his neck 
is a wide-rolling shirt collar with a loose red necktie. 
On a red-covered table in front of him are books 
and a slate, and through an open door behind him is 
a glimpse of a landscape. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° \l\ 

JEAN LEON GEROME 
i 824- 1 903 

The Minaret of the Moristan, Cairo 

In a cool shadow which falls on part of a broad 
house-top a number of native women are assembled, 
one to sleep, one to spread out to dry a length of 
red cloth and the others to gossip. Close by in the 
sunlight another woman is arranging earthen jars to 
bake in the sun, and an idle youth squats in the edge 
of the shadow. Beyond rise two great square min- 
arets with characteristic decorations and variegated 
brickwork, the nearer one famous for its proportions 
and its beauty of design. Far away, partly hidden 
by the trees of a great garden or park the houses of 
the city shimmer in the sun under the pitiless sky of 
Egypt, and a low line of palm trees in the horizon 
mark the course of the Nile. 

Signed at the right, J. L. Gekome. 

Height, 28^ inches ; length, 40 inches. 

From the collection of M. Knoedler & Co., sold 
April 13, 1893. Catalogue No. 246. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J 32 

JAMES NORTHCOTE, R. A. 

i 746- i 83 i 

Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P. R. A. 

This interesting portrait of the great master of 
portraiture is painted in a manner which suggests 
the strength of his influence on the artist who was 
for some time his pupil. The head, which is a strong 
effect of light and shade, is almost in full face, and 
the familiar spectacles enhance the earnest, half- 
questioning, kindly expression. He wears a high, 
roll-collar coat showing a white stock and waistcoat 
at the neck, and the gray hair is pushed back from 
the forehead and temples. It is solidly painted and 
rich in color. 

Northcote, who for five years was a member of 
Sir Joshua's household, closely followed his master's 
methods, and besides diligently pursuing his art, 
wrote a life of Sir Joshua Reynolds which is a stand- 
ard work. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 






N°- 133 

GEO. H. BOGERT, A.N. A. 
Contemporary 

Approaching Storm 

A stretch of waste moorland near Boulogne run- 
ning off to the sea. In the foreground is a French 
peasant woman bent on making her way home across 
the great sand dunes before the approaching storm 
overtakes her. Great luminous clouds roll across 
the sky, and to the right black clouds are already 
breaking. A row of cedars to the right are sil- 
houetted against the great sand dune directly behind, 
made brilliant by a burst of sun through the clouds. 
A lone cedar to the left bends with the violence of 
the wind, while above strong accents of sunlight on 
the cloud masses make a sky of unusual power and 
beauty. 

Height, 28 inches ; length, 36 inches. 

Owned bv Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J 34 

SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, R.A. 

1753-1839 

Miss Abernethy, Daughter of the Celebrated 
Dr. Abernethy 

A young lady, slender and attractive, is seated, 
half length, in an arm chair at an open casement 
which gives view of a rich autumn landscape. The 
quaint coiffure, with the loose curl on the forehead, 
adds piquancy to her features. The low-cut gown, 
loosely corded at the waist, is partly covered by a 
mauve mantle which is thrown over the left shoulder. 

Beechey's luminous flesh tints and sure brush 
handling are strongly in evidence. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Collection of Dr. A. H. Reed. 
Collection of Lawrence B. Phillips, F.S.A., 
London. 

Owned bv Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° J 35 

RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON 
i 801-1828 

Cathedral Interior 

In the nave of a lofty church, between slender 
columns supporting a groined ceiling, a religious 
procession is moving through a crowd of worship- 
ping people to the altar, which is seen in the dis- 
tance under an arch which separates the chancel from 
the transepts. The interior is lighted by many 
windows, and a warm glow from the south strongly 
accents the figures here and there and brings the tall 
columns into relief against the luminous shadows. 

Bonington went to Paris when he was only fifteen 
years of age and studied in the Ecole des Beaux Arts 
under Baron Gros where he took the gold medal. 
He made extraordinary progress as a landscape and 
architectural painter, and at the time of his early 
death had already gained a high reputation. 

Height, 38 inches; width, 28 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 136 

JEAN RAOUX 

1677- 1734 

Music 

Two handsome and aristocratic-looking young 
ladies are singing duets together, one holding a 
music book and the other with her arm on the back 
of the chair, leaning over her companions shoulder 
and turning a leaf of the music. On the left is a cur- 
tain and on the right a console table with a richly 
decorated clock. The seated young lady wears a 
white satin gown with a pale blue velvet wrap, and 
her companion a red bodice and a yellow dress over 
a mauve petticoat. The figures are lighted from the 
upper left and the shadows which are cast on the 
flesh and the draperies are full of carefully observed 
reflections. The general effect is realistic and at the 
same time decorative. 

Height, 40 inches ; length, 58 inches. 

Collection of the Count de Ganay. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 137 

RICHARD WILSON, R. A. 

1714-1782 

View Near Tivoli 

The near bank of a placid lake sweeps across 
the foreground and on the right to a high, rocky 
point, where a great round tower stands on the edge 
of the cliff and a group of bulldogs occupies the 
plateau behind it, on which the sunshine strikes 
sharply from the right. Beyond the point in the ex- 
treme distance is a lofty mountain peak with long, 
sloping flanks and drifting over the shoulder a mass 
of cumulous clouds are lighted by the glow of the late 
afternoon sun. On either side of the foreground 
are slender trees with sparse foliage, and from the 
rocks two peasants throw their fish lines into the 
water. 

Height, 36 inches; length, 50 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 138 

JAN DE BAEN 

1633-1702 

Portrait of Bredchoff De Vick 

A distinguished-looking young gentleman holding 
around his shoulders a rich red mantle and resting 
his right hand on the hilt of a sword, which lies on a 
table by his side, stands on a terrace overlooking a 
formal, sunlit garden. His long, flowing dark hair 
falls upon his shoulders in broad masses and frames 
an expressive face of refined type, seen in three- 
quarters view. The color is rich and full, and the 
aspect of the portrait dignified and decorative. 

De Baen was a follower of Vandyck and was in- 
vited to England by Charles II., where he painted 
that monarch and many of the nobility. 

Height, 48 inches ; width, 38 inches. 

From the collection of the late Baron von Meyer, 
Antwerp. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N" 139 

JAN VAN GOYEN 
i 596-1666 

Landscape 

A remote hamlet in the Netherlands with steep- 
roofed, thatched cottages nestled among tall trees 
on either side of the picture, and between them a 
vista across flat meadows to a distant low horizon 
where the tapering spire of a church rises above a 
line of trees. From the foreground a broad road in 
full sunlight curves to the right between heaps of 
gravel, and on the left a group of three laborers and 
a peasant woman are enjoying a noon-day rest and 
chat. The lofty sky is covered with vaporous clouds, 
and those near the zenith have strong accents of sun- 
light on their under edges. 

Goyen was father-in-law to Jan Steen. 

Height, 15 inches; length, 21^ inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° HO 

JAMES B. PYNE 

i 800- i 8 70 

Low Tide — English Channel, near Dover 

To the right are several fishing boats awaiting the 
rising tide, and in the distance can be seen the chalk 
cliffs of Dover. A fisherwoman and her child are 
taking advantage of the low tide to wade far out in 
the channel. 

The subtle atmospheric effect is well rendered, and 
the sky is covered with fleecy white clouds. 

Pyne, who was celebrated for his pictures of the 
English lake district, was born in Bristol, where he 
spent the early part of his life. He moved to Lon- 
don in 1835, and the following year exhibited for the 
first time at the Royal Academy. His great series 
of " twenty-four landscapes " have been lithographed 
and extensively reproduced. 

Height, 26 inches; length, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° HI 

SIR PETER LELY 
1618-1680 

Portrait of the Countess of Falmouth 

A proud and stately dame seated on a tabouret 
near a window, through which, beyond a red silk cur- 
tain, is seen a distant landscape. The figure is in 
three-quarters view, turned to the right, and the 
eyes, slightly lowered, look straight out of the can- 
vas. A deep orange gown, cut low, falls in ample 
folds around her knees and a narrow, pale blue silk 
scarf is draped from under her left arm around the 
back. In her hands she holds the small branch of a 
lemon tree and one of the fruit. It is painted with 
the characteristic facile touch of the great colorist. 

Lely, whose name was Peter van der Faes, went 
to England in 1641, the year after Vandyck died and, 
after painting for a time landscapes with historical 
figures, turned his attention to portraiture, in which 
branch of art he achieved great success. 

Height, 50 inches; width, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 142 

CORNELIS SCHUT 

1597-1655 

Vision of the Dying Virgin 

An elaborate composition representing the last 
moments of the Virgin, when, surrounded by the 
apostles and friends, she breathes her last, and her 
spirit, attended by angels bearing a crown of roses, 
is borne heavenwards by cherubs. The group around 
the dying Virgin is skilfully arranged so as to con- 
nect it in line with the vision above, thus forming a 
composition of intricate juxtaposition of line and 
color. The figures are about half life size and are 
solidly painted with the full-brush characteristic of 
the Flemish school. The general tone of the picture 
is exceedingly refined, and it has the silvery aspect 
sometimes found in Vandyck's religious pictures. 

Schut was a pupil of Rubens, and painted the dome 
of the Antwerp Cathedral as well as various other 
well-known religious pictures in that city. Vandyck 
painted the portrait of Schut among the eminent 
artists of his country. 

Height, 87 inches ; width, 57 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 143 

CANALETTO 

i 697- i 768 

View in Venice 

On the right a wooden bridge leads across the 
canal to a tall campanile which stands on a broad 
quay near a large church flanked on both sides by 
large, simple buildings, each with many windows. The 
canal is covered with boats, gondole, sandoli, freight 
barges and other craft, all with occupants, making 
the scene a busy one. A felucca moored off the end 
of the quay suggests the extent of the commerce of 
the town. There is a broad effect of sunlight on the 
buildings, bringing them into strong contrast against 
a simple sky, and the treatment is characteristically 
skilful. 

Height, 27 inches ; length, 44 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J44 

FRANS POURBUS 

(The Younger) 
i 569-1622 

Portrait of Duchess Gonzaga Di Mantua 

A young lady of aristocratic type, dressed in the 
formal but superb costume of the sixteenth century, 
with immense circular lace ruff, black gown with 
large flowing sleeves, stiff braid-trimmed bodice and 
full skirt. One slender hand is held to her bosom, 
the other hangs by her side. The figure is three- 
quarters length, standing, with the head turned to 
the left and the eyes looking at the spectator. A 
red-draped table with writing materials stands near, 
and in the background a deep-toned curtain is raised 
up to show a row of columns. The flesh is particu- 
larly refined in tone and treated with great simplicity. 

Pourbus was born in Antwerp, but went to Italy 
in middle life where he became painter to Marie di 
Medici and also to the court of Mantua. 

Height, 56^ inches ; width, 40^ inches. 

From the collection of Signore Vigani of Mantua. 

From Messrs. Lawrie & Co., London. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



FRAN S POURBUS THE YOUNGER 




the: duchess gonzaga di MANTUA. 



N°- 145 

LEON RICHET 

Contemporary 
Landscape 

It is a blustering afternoon in early autumn, when 
the wind whips the trees and drives across the sky 
heavy masses of storm clouds, through which the 
sunlight occasionally bursts in vivid flashes. Wind- 
ing from among the hills in the middle distance, 
where a brilliant spot of sunshine strikes the shoulder 
of a high, projecting point, a shallow river runs 
through to the foreground. On the right is a tall 
and sturdy oak, strongly accented by sunlight, and 
beyond it, on the bank of the stream near a weir in 
the shadow of a scattered clump of trees, is a red- 
roofed building where women are engaged in wash- 
ing clothes. 

Signed at the left, Leon Richet. 

Height, 45 inches; length, 63 inches. 

From the Salon of 1903. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 146 

SCHOOL OF LANCRET 

i 690- i 743 

Lady with Tambourine 

A comely young lady with an expressive smile on 
her face holds in her right hand a tambourine which 
she is drumming with her left. She wears an Eliza- 
bethan gown of wine-colored silk with a large blue 
mantle, a small ruff around her neck and a feather 
fastened in her hair by a blue ribbon bow. The fig- 
ure is in a strong effect of light and shade, and the 
general color is quiet and refined. The background 
is a graded tone of warm, mellow gray. Lancret 
was very much influenced by Watteau and was some- 
times called his art-child. 

Height, 31 inches; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 147 

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P. R. A, 

i 723- i 792 

Portrait of Sir Walter Blackett 

The head and shoulders of a middle-aged gentle- 
man of the sturdy English type, seen nearly full face 
and lighted from the upper left. He is dressed in a 
rich blue velvet coat and waistcoat with white stock, 
and wears a short gray wig. One side of the face is 
mostly in shadow, and the head, although low in tone 
and full of subtle grays, is in strong relief against a 
simple dark background. The painting is at once 
vigorous and simple. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° J48 

PAUL JEAN CLAYS 

1819- 

On the Scheldt 

A number of Dutch boats with multi-colored sails 
are slowly sailing past a village on the right, where 
the red-roofed houses cluster around a lofty windmill. 
On the left, in the middle distance, other boats drift 
along near the low shore, and a rowboat with two 
occupants floats near the foreground. The horizon 
is low and the lofty sky is full of soft, luminous 
clouds, which with the hills and sails of the boats are 
reflected in the calm water of the broad river. The 
atmospheric effect is admirably rendered, and the 
composition is interesting in arrangement and in con- 
trast of color and of light and shade. 

Height, 28 inches ; length, 38 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 149 

ASCRIBED TO 

JOHN HOPPNER, R.A. 
1758-1810 

Portrait of a Lady 

A seated figure, seen to the waist, of a comely 
young lady in a black dress, full loose fichu and large 
gray hat trimmed with black and ornamented with 
two white ostrich feathers. Her head is turned and 
slightly inclined to the left, and the hair is brushed 
back, half covering the ears. The background is a 
deep rich broken tone of red relieving the warm 
tones of the flesh and the soft white of the feathers 
and drapery. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 150 

RICHARD WILSON, R.A. 
i 7 14- i 782 

Portrait of Himself 

The head and shoulders of the artist in the prime 
of life, the face, in three-quarters view, turned to the 
left. He wears a soft, turban-like cap of golden 
brown, and around his shoulders is thrown an ample 
silk cloak and a loose white scarf is knotted around 
his throat. It is simply and broadly painted and 
reserved in color. The canvas is oval. 

Height, 30 inches ; width, 25 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 151 

RAFFAELLINO DEL GARBO 

i 476- i 524 

Madonna, Child, St. Lawrence and St. John 
the Evangelist 

The Madonna, enthroned, with a rich panel 
behind her, holds the infant on her lap and with 
clasped hands and drooping eyes reverently adores 
him. On the right stands St. John the Evangelist 
with his well-known attributes, the pen, the book 
and the raven, and on the left Saint Lawrence, behind 
whom is the gridiron. The panel behind the Ma- 
donna's head divides a simple distant landscape into 
two parts, against which the heads of the saints, each 
with a gold halo, are strongly relieved. The color 
is in all parts subdued and at the same time strong 
and rich, the attitudes graceful and dignified and the 
expression of the different heads unusually pleasing. 
Height, 50 inches ; width, 50 inches. 

From the collection of the Prince Sciarra-Colonna. 
Rome. 

From Messrs. Thomas Agnew & Sons, London. 
Owned bv Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° J 52 

ALLAN RAMSAY 
1713-1784 

Portrait of Queen Caroline 

This portrait was one of an official presentation 
pair given by George III. to Sir Adam Williamson, 
K.B., in recognition of his services as Governor of 
Jamaica, and hung in the manor house, Avebury, 
Wiltshire, England, until the past summer. 

This portrait represents the queen sumptuously 
dressed in a rich white brocade gown elaborately em- 
broidered with gold and a purple velvet mantle lined 
with ermine, is seated on a dais in front of a red 
curtain looped back from a column. Both hands 
are lying in her lap, idly holding a long chain of 
pearls with a long pendant of the same jewels and on 
her high coiffure is fastened a diamond crown of 
graceful shape. Her head is in three-quarters view, 
the eyes slightly turned downwards and her attitude 
is dignified and graceful. The tone of the portrait 
is rich and full, the flesh is luminous and soft, and 
the elaborate details are painted with rare skill and 

precision. 

Height, 90 inches; width, 58 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 153 

ASCRIBED TO 

GIOVANNI BELTRAFFIO 

1467-1516 

Portrait 

The profile, probably of a Milanese lady, painted 
in the simple manner of the time. Her head is turned 
toward the right shoulder, and her auburn hair, 
ornamented with strings of pearls and ribbons, is 
dressed low, covering her ears. She wears a green 
mantle over a black gown and holds a large gold 
medallion in her right hand. The face and bust are 
in full, broad light, and the neck is in soft transparent 
shadow. 

Height, 22 inches; width, 17 inches. 

From the collection of Lady Forbes, London. 
Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 154 

SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY, R.A. 

1753-1839 

A Game of Chess 

Two rosy-cheeked young ladies are seated at 
a small table on which is a chess board covered with 
pieces. Both are dressed in short-waisted, short- 
sleeved white frocks cut low at the neck. The one 
on the left leans on her elbow and earnestly studies 
the next move, and her companion, who apparently 
believes she has the best of the game, looks toward 
the spectator with a smiling face. The tones of the 
flesh and the drapery are warm and soft and the 
figures are relieved against a dark background, part 
of which is a looped-up curtain. 

Height, 26 inches; length, 40 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 155 

JOSEF DE RIBERA 

(Called Spagnoletto) 

1588-1656 

Aaron and His Rod 

A half-length figure of a bearded man standing 
with his head thrown back and the eyes turned 
heavenward. He holds his left hand to his breast, 
and with his right he seizes with vigorous action a 
slender rod. Over his left arm and around his body 
is draped a heavy yellow mantle. It is painted in 
the well-known vigorous manner of the artist. The 
flesh is modelled with skill and accuracy of observa- 
tion and, relieved against the somewhat sombre sur- 
roundings, is full and rich in color. 

Height, 46 inches; width, 36 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 156 

FRANCIS COTES, R.A. 
1726-1770 

Portrait of Miss Hamilton 

With her right arm resting on a pedestal and hold- 
ing a fold of draping with her hand, this tall and 
graceful young lady stands in a statuesque pose, the 
figure relieved against a landscape background with 
a broad sky meeting the sea at a low horizon. A 
loose blue wrap of blue and gold oriental textile is 
draped over a tunic bordered with gold and full 
white undersleeves partly cover her arms. Her 
abundant hair is dressed high, and a large tress falls 
in undulating lines on her left shoulder. 

Height, 48 inches ; width, 38 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 157 

GEORGE ROMNEY 

i 734- i 802 

Portrait of the Hon. James Sheldon 

A life-size, three-quarter length figure of an elderly 
man of intellectual expression, with brown eyes and 
white hair. He is seated in a red chair with his legs 
crossed and his body turned to the left and his eyes 
toward the spectator. He wears a black frock coat, 
white vest and neck-cloth, buff knee-breeches and 
white stockings. Beyond the figure is a gray-green 
column and brown curtain, with a suggestion of sky 
at the extreme left. 

Height, 43^2 inches; width, 3^/2 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N°- 158 

SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, R.A. 
1833-1898 

Christ Sitting in Judgment 

This is a design for a stained glass window, and 
represents the full-length draped figure of Christ 
with upraised hands, bared right breast and un- 
covered feet, showing the wounds. He stands with 
drooping, thorn-covered head relieved against a 
ruddy halo. Behind the head is a flight of cherubs 
and around the feet hover others with fluttering 
wings. The background is the star-sown firmament. 
Both the style and the sentiment of the composition 
are thoroughly characteristic of the artist. 

Height, 76 inches; width, 2>4 l A inches. 

Purchased from the executors of the estate of the 
deceased artist. 

Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



SIR EDWARD BURN E- JON ES . R.A. 




CHRIST SITTING IN JUDGMENT. 



N° J 59 

J. VAN COUVER 
Contemporary- 
Environs of Dordrecht 

A canal spanned by a rude drawbridge in the 
middle distances widens out into a quiet pool which 
extends across the immediate foreground. A bluff- 
bowed hay barge is moored to the grassy bank on 
the left and beyond it is a jumble of low houses and 
windmills, the outskirts of the town which, dominated 
by a great square church tower, forms the horizon. 
Rolling masses of luminous summer clouds drift 
across the sky showing here and there small areas 
of distant blue. It is virile in execution and strong 
in effect, and gives an accurate impression of the 
season and the conditions of the atmosphere. 

Signed at the left, J. Van Couver. 

Height, 36 inches; length, 50 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 



N° 160 
SCHOOL OF VANDYCK 

Portrait of Frances Howard, Duchess of 
Richmond 

A full-length figure of a tall and dignified lady in 
a rich costume of black, standing in front of a 
sumptuous, yellow brocade curtain of individual de- 
sign, resting her right hand on a tall staff and her 
left, holding a handkerchief, gracefully touching a 
table at her side. Over a formal coiffure of fair hair 
is arrayed a black veil and from under a lace ruff a 
chain of pearls falls near her full bosom and a triple 
row is looped around her bust. On the left breast 
hangs a small miniature of the Duke, which was 
painted by Peter Oliver, the famous English miniatur- 
ist. The portrait is stately in aspect, reserved in 
color and rich in tone. 

Height, 80 inches ; width, 46 inches. 
Vide " Lodge's Portraits." 

From the collection of General Bulwer, Norfolk, 
England. 

Exhibited at Copley Hall, Boston, 1902. 
Owned by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell. 



N° 161 

FRANZ SNYDERS 

1579-1657 

ADRIAAN HANNEMAN 

161 1-1680 

The Huntsman's Return 

A huntsman, laden with abundant spoils of the 
chase and accompanied by his dogs, offers the game 
to a shepherdess. She, crook in hand and attended 
by Cupid, is seated on a grassy bank and with one 
hand pressed on her bosom turns to her lover with an 
expression of affection. Behind her are three follow- 
ers of the hunt with a dead hare, and beyond the 
group is seen a wide landscape with overhanging 
trees on the right. The birds and animals, and par- 
ticularly the greyhound which stands in front of the 
huntsman, are painted with a spirited touch and a 
knowledge of anatomy and action which distin- 
guished Snyders as an animal painter, and the figures 
have a character and style which suggest Vandyck, 



the painter by whom Hanneman, who was a pupil of 
Jan Van Ravesteyn, was most influenced. The color 
is rich and full of variety and the grouping masterly. 
Height, 66 inches ; length, 92 inches. 

Owned by Mr. Blakeslee. 

AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 

Managers. 

THOMAS E. KIRBY, 

Auctioneer. 



PR 5 1904 



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